Lonelyhearts
Subtitle: the screwball world of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney
By: Marion Meade.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780151011490
Subjects: West, Nathanael, -- 1903-1940; McKenney, Eileen, -- d. 1940; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: " ... 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: In the hotel; title: Dusty esky in Harlem; title: Three Mishawaka; title: San Juan Hill, New York; title: The stenographer from Canton; title: Crimes and misdemeanors; title: Becoming "Nathanael West"; title: Balso Snell's book of dirty little secrets; title: Cleveland Heights princess; title: Ring out, wild balls; title: The big steal; title: Marooned on Silsby Road; title: Screwballs and screwboxes; title: Shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves; title: 14 Gay Street; title: Cheapsville; title: Sister Eileen and Mrs. White; title: Destined to be a heroine; title: An arsonist's guide to Los Angeles; title: Stinkolas, humdingers, lollapaloozas, twisteroos; title: Eileen in Disneyland; title: Together; title: El Centro; title: Postscript.