The locusts have no king
By: Dawn Powell
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: South Royalton, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781883642426
Subjects: Medievalists; Married women; Commitment (Psychology); Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Women dramatists; Fiction
Description: In this classic satire by the writer Gore Vidal once called "our best comic novelist," Dawn Powell takes on the New York publishing world and dissects it "with the patience of a pathologist removing organs for inspection." Frederick Olliver, obscure historian and writer, is having an affair with the restively married, beautiful, and hugely successful playwright, Lyle Gaynor. Powell sets in motion a see-saw as Olliver's new book becomes a surprising success just as Lyle's Broadway career comes unraveled.