The Vigilante (Penguin Modern) - Softcover

Steinbeck, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241338956 ISBN 13: 9780241338957

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2018

Synopsis

''Everything was dead, everything unreal; the dark mob was made up of stiff lay-figures''

One of America''s greatest writers explores mob violence, voyeurism and betrayal in these unforgettable tales of Californian life.

Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York''s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

About this title

About the Author

John Steinbeck (1902-68) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241338956
• ISBN 13: 9780241338957
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64