THE BIG MONEY completes John Dos Passos's three-volume "fable of America's mater
ialistic success and moral decline" (American Heritage) and marks the end of "on
e 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 upsw
ing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flig
ht. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to bu
siness deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the cra
sh of 1929.
Ultimately, whether the novels are read together or separately, th
ey paint a sweeping portrait of collective America and showcase the brilliance a
nd bravery of one of its most enduring and admired writers.
