happiness of the 1920s, and on the suffering wrought by the collapse of that illusion and the coming of the Great Depression. For Le Sueur it was hardly enough to have a main character who listens to the woes of people in order to later set them down much as they were expressed. What is needed, Le Sueur is indicating, is a revolutionary change in the very structure of society.
It might be fairly said that Le Sueur's book begins where Anderson's leaves off. Here we have the ending of Anderson's novel:
The young man's mind was carried away by his growing passion for dreams. One looking at him would not have thought him particularly sharp. With the recollection of little things occupying his mind he closed his eyes and leaned back in the car seat. He stay
...