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Author: Dawn Powell
First Published: 1940
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Satire
Time of Work: 1938
Setting: New York City, Chicago, Miami, Washington, D.C., and rural Connecticut
Genres: Long fiction, Satire
Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, New York City, Middle classes, Marriage, 1930’s, Chicago, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Washington, D.C., Adultery, Ethics, Business or business people
Locales: New York, NY, Connecticut, Chicago, IL, Washington, D.C., Miami, FL

Lou Donovan, one of two philandering businessmen who are the focus of the novel. The forty-one-year- old’s activities in the hotel business keep him traveling almost constantly, primarily between his Chicago base and New York City. At home, he is mostly faithful to his aristocratic wife, Mary. On the road, he consorts with party girls before becoming entangled with the manipulative Trina Kameray. Lou is also haunted by the compromising presence of Francie, his first wife, whom he has kept secret from Mary. Lou grows during the course of the novel,...

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