- American history, Chicago, Fiction, Illinois
[William V. Lipton][1] from Ann Arbor, MI says: "This is both a coming-of-age novel and a social history. Set during the 1920s and 1930s, it follows Studs as he grows through his teen years in Chicago.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and prestige.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- James T. Farrell
- First published
- 1935
- Pages
- 819
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press, Avon, Library of America
- Editions
- 54
- Language
- English, Italian, dan, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780451015181
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“STUDS LONIGAN, on the verge of fifteen, and wearing his first suit of long trousers, stood in the bathroom with a Sweet Caporal pasted in his mug.”
An American novelist, most famous for the *Studs Lonigan* trilogy.
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