John Dos Passos: U.S.A. (Loa #85) Av John Dos Passos

Unique among American books for its epic scope and panoramic social sweep, <i>U.S.A.</i> has long been acknowledged as a monument of modern fiction. Now The Library of America presents an exclusive one-volume edition of this enduring masterwork by John Dos Passos, including for the first time detailed notes and a chronicle of the world events that serve as a backdrop.<br><br>In the novels that make up the trilogy—<i>The 42nd Parallel</i>, <i>1919</i>, and <i>The Big Money</i>—Dos Passos creates an unforgettable collective portrait of America, shot through with sardonic comedy and brilliant social observation. He interweaves the careers of his characters and the events of their time with a narrative verve and breathtaking technical skill that make <i>U.S.A.</i> among the most compulsively readable of modern classics.<br><br>A startling range of experimental devices captures the textures and background noises of twentieth-century life: “New