The Day of the Locust
Penguin Classics
He began to wonder if he himself didn t suffer from the ingrained morbid apathy he liked to draw in others Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist and a man in danger of losing his heart Brought to an LA studio as a set designer he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the cult of celebrity rules But when he becomes besotted by the beautiful Faye an aspiring actress and occasional call girl his dream rapidly becomes a nightmare For with little in the way of looks and no money to buy her time Tod s desperate passion can only lead to frustration disillusionment and rage The Penguin English Library collectable general readers editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War
