Love Among the Cannibals (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Wright Morris
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Sex or sexuality, Music or musicians, Hollywood, Composers
- Locales: California, Mexico
Set entirely in the present and written exclusively using first-person narration, Love Among the Cannibals represents a refreshing comedic departure from the haunting multivoiced fiction characteristic of other Morris novels such as The Huge Season, The Field of Vision, and Ceremony in Lone Tree. One of the most readable and humorous novels in the Morris canon, this book was written and conceived more rapidly than any of his other works.
The story begins in 1950's Hollywood and features two men—Earl Horter, who composes lyrics for jukebox songs,...
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