In one part of this novel, the barber Del Snafflin leads a tiny orchestra in a production of The Girl from Kankakee. One subplot involves the ambitious Miles Bjornstam and his wife Bea Sorenson, who d
In one part of this novel, the barber Del Snafflin leads a tiny orchestra in a production of The Girl from Kankakee. One subplot involves the ambitious Miles Bjornstam and his wife Bea Sorenson, who dies of typhoid fever along with her son. The protagonist scandalizes the Jolly Seventeen with her views on librarians, and she fails to produce Androcles and the Lion with the Thanatopsis Club. After her son Hugh is born, she has a brief flirtation with the tailor Erik Valborg and flees to Washington, which she finds similar to her husband's home town. For 10 points, name this Sinclair Lewis novel set in Gropher Prairie, centering on Will and Carol Kennicott.
In one part of this novel, the barber Del Snafflin leads a tiny orchestra in a production of The Girl from Kankakee.
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