The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (Paperback)

from sweetiegherkin

Tom Rath is a young family man interested in doing the best for his wife Betsy and their three children. So he dons his gray flannel suit to head off to work in New York every day, eventually deciding to throw his hand in for a better job so that they can afford a bigger house and send their kids...

from SeriousGrace

This is the story of Tom Rath and economic survival in the 1950s era. Tom's wife, Betsy and their three children want the good life. Tom is determined to give it to them, even if it means slogging to work doing a job he doesn't completely enjoy. When a new prospect for employment pops up Rath jum...

from BrianFannin

Didn't quite live up to its early start, but well worth reading, nonetheless. I finally got around to it after having picked it up in a train station in Philadelphia about two years ago.

from ken1952

At the end of WWII men came back home and tried to adapt to civilian life and the big dreams they had before they were soldiers. Tom Rath is one of these men and author Sloan Wilson is a master at creating a character determined to make a decent home for his wife and three children; trying to get...

from HadriantheBlind

Quick easy fiction. 1950s piece about morality of advancement and struggles of the salaryman. A happy ending, for once!