| Babbitt Contributor(s): Lewis, Sinclair (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798676545949 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1 lbs) 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Book Excerpted; he dragged his thick legs, in faded baby-blue pajamas, from under the khaki blanket; he sat on the edge of the cot, running his fingers through his wild hair, while his plump feet mechanically felt for his slippers. He looked regretfully at the blanket--forever a suggestion to him of freedom and heroism. He had bought it for a camping trip which had never come off. It symbolized gorgeous loafing, gorgeous cursing, virile flannel shirts.He creaked to his feet, groaning at the waves of pain which passed behind his eyeballs. Though he waited for their scorching recurrence, he looked blurrily out at the yard. It delighted him, as always; it was the neat yard of a successful business man of Zenith, that is, it was perfection, and made him also perfect. He regarded the corrugated iron garage. For the three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth time in a year he reflected, "No class to that tin shack. Have to build me a frame garage. But by golly it's the only thing on the place that isn't up-to-date " While he stare |
