FTP, name this novel about Jimmy Herf, a 1925 book by John Dos Passos which takes place in New York.
Minor characters in this novel include Phil Sanderson, an architect who dreams of erecting buildings made of colored tile, and Stanwood Emery, who commits suicide by lighting his apartment on fire. In a subplot, a French sailor nicknamed "Congo Jake" becomes a millionaire bootlegger. Its first section, "Ferryslip," ends with an immigrant shaving his beard upon seeing a Gillette advertisement. In "Went to the Animals Fair," George Baldwin proposes to Ellie Thatcher, who returns from World War I with the protagonist in its section "Rejoicing City That Dwelt Carelessly." The protagonist quits his job as a newspaperman and leaves the title location after having a vision of a skyscraper symbolizing the Tower of Babel. FTP, name this novel about Jimmy Herf, a 1925 book by John Dos Passos which takes place in New York.
Minor characters in this novel include Phil Sanderson, an architect who dreams of erecting buildings made of colored tile, and Stanwood Emery, who commits suicide by lighting his apartment on fire.
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