The Ecstasy of Owen Muir Paperback - 1997
by Ring Lardner
Set in post World War II America, this classic novel is the story of what happens when an idealistically, fiercely honest young man, with no strong religious affiliation, marries a Roman Catholic woman. Renowned writer Ring Lardner, Jr., dissects the thought control of the McCarthy era, business ethics, racial intolerance, attitudes toward sex, and other social phenomenon. 272 p.
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This classic novel is the story of what happens when an idealistic, fiercely honest young man tries to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with the realities of America of the 1940s. In this brilliantly comic and pungent tale, Lardner dissects the thought control of the McCarthy era, business ethics, racial intolerance, repressive sexual attitudes, the Manhattan nightclub set, "enlightened" penology, vigilantism, and other social phenomena. The ecstasy which Owen Muir seeks is of both the earthly and the spiritual kind, and his wonderfully funny fate lies in the fact that he cannot have his flesh and eat it, too.
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- Title The Ecstasy of Owen Muir
- Author Ring Lardner
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Edition thus
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-12-01
- ISBN 9781573921732 / 1573921734
- Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.52 x 5.57 x 0.59 in (21.64 x 14.15 x 1.50 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Bildungsromans, Young men - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97026668
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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