Title: Lonelyhearts : the screwball world of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney /
Authors: Meade, Marion, 1934-
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Year: 2010
Subjects: West, Nathanael,; McKenney, Eileen,; Authors, American Biography
Abstract: " ... A dazzling joint biography of Nathanael West and his wife, set against the world of New York writers and Hollywood screenwriters in the 1930s."--Inside jacket.
Contents: In the hotel -- Dusty Esky in Harlem -- Mishawaka -- San Juan Hill, New York -- The stenographer from Canton -- Crimes and misdemeanors -- Becoming "Nathanael West" -- Balso Snell's book of dirty little secrets -- Cleveland Heights princess -- Ring out, wild balls -- The big steal -- Marooned on Silsby Road -- Screwballs and screwboxes -- Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves -- 14 Gay Street -- Cheapsville -- Sister Eileen and Mrs. White -- Destined to be a heroine -- An arsonist's guide to Los Angeles -- Stinkolas, humdingers, lollapaloozas, twisteroos -- Eileen in Disneyland -- Together -- El Centro -- Postscript.