U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel (Audiobook)

from fhudnell

I couldn't get past the structure of this book, although I know that is what has brought the book praise. There is no plot, but just a series of unrelated vignettes interspersed with biographies, news stories, bits of songs and stream of consciousness passages (The Camera Eye). Women just exist i...

from joeydag

I meant to read his USA Trilogy when I was in high school. I finished this but got no further. He used an odd collage like technique to try a journalistic type of atmosphere. It was pretty abstract. I can't tell you if there were characters or a plot or what.

from aethercowboy

What can I say about the 42nd parallel that hasn't already been said? I guess not much, so here's what everybody else has already said: It's part of the USA Trilogy by John Dos Passos. It, and the rest of the trilogy, has four different parts braided throughout the narrative, involving fictional ...

from albertgoldfain

I seldom like books based on style alone but the newsreel journalistic objectivity is enough to drive everything else. I was delighted to come across settings like Excelsior, MN and Buffalo, NY in its heyday.

from immaculatechaos

Not the best book I've read, but it was interesting enough to make me want to continue with the series.