Characters in this novel include a Traction Street Company executive whose daughter elopes with theprotagonist's son and a failed poet who writes advertisement jingles.
Characters in this novel include a Traction Street Company executive whose daughter elopes with theprotagonist's son and a failed poet who writes advertisement jingles. This novel's protagonist, who isfriends with Chum Frink and Howard Littlefield, gives an acclaimed speech in Monarch and declares hissupport for Lucas Prout. The protagonist's best friend, who gave up his dreams of becoming a violinist tojoin the tar-roofing business, takes a liberating trip to Maine and shoots his wife Zilla. The title characterultimately returns to his ill wife Myra and realizes he will never escape his bourgeois lifestyle. For 10points, name this novel about a real estate salesman from Zenith, written by Sinclair Lewis.
Characters in this novel include a Traction Street Company executive whose daughter elopes with theprotagonist's son and a failed poet who writes advertisement jingles.
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