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" Nathanael West was only thirty-seven when he died in 1940, but his depictions of the sometimes comic, sometimes horrifying aspects of the American scene rival those of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor. A Cool Million, written in 1934, is a satiric Horatio Alger story set in the midst of the Depression. The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931) was described by one critic as "a fantasy about some rather scatological adventures of the hero in the innards of the Trojan horse."--Publisher's website.
The Dream Life of Balso Snell: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This experimental 1931 novella contains explicit sexual content, scatological humor, and surreal disturbing imagery set inside the Trojan horse. Intended for mature literary audiences only.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, explicit sexual content, and strong language. Content notes include on-page sex, scatological content, and surreal/disturbing imagery.
Who'll love this
Not appropriate for young readers; this is an experimental adult literary work.