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Title details for The Big Money by John Dos Passos - Available

The Big Money

#3.0 in series

by John Dos Passos
David Drummond
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The Big Money completes John Dos Passos's three-volume "fable of America's materialistic success and moral decline" (American Heritage) and marks the end of "one of the most ambitious projects that an American novelist has ever undertaken" (Time). Here we come back to America after the war and find a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flight. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the crash of 1929.


Ultimately, the novels of the U.S.A. trilogy—both individually and as a whole—paint a sweeping portrait of collective America and showcase the brilliance and bravery of one of its most enduring and admired writers.

  • Creators

  • Series

    U.S.A.

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 27, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400199129
      • File size: 561963 KB
      • Duration: 19:30:45

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      [EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a combined review of 1919 and THE BIG MONEY.]--Dos Passos's U.S.A. trilogy, written in the 1930s, looks at the differences between the rich and the non-rich, showing the contrasts in their lives. The author's montage style of writing blends narrative, bits and pieces from newspapers, songs, and more. Narrator David Drummond provides a unique delivery that manages to combine these disparate elements into a coherent reading. As the narrative shifts from one character to another, Drummond maintains a continuity of style yet alters his voice just enough so that the dialogue is distinctive. Drummond's narration is a benchmark for difficult narrations. K.M. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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