I Can Get It for You Wholesale (Cardinal, GC-117)

by Jerome Weidman

Book Overview

CU NDO LA ESCUELA NO SIRVE? Es un libro que est dirigido a estudiantes, docentes, padres de familia, autoridades educativas y p blico en general. En este libro se realiza un an lisis profundo sobre el... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000ND9CIU
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.

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A Neglected Classic of American Literature

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a champion of this book when it was first published in 1937. He described it as "a break-through into completely new and fresh literary terrain; a turning point in the American novel." Fitzgerald was absolutely right. I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE was published when its author was 24 years old. It is a cold-hearted, tough-as-nails rags-to-riches story told in first person narration by a hero who has no scruples. It tells the story of Harry Bogen who rises from $15-a-week shipping clerk to become the president of 7th Avenue's top clothing line. He will stab anybody in the back to get what he wants. His early success gives him the joy of being able to buy his mother some new furniture and new clothes. But as he gains money and power, that's not enough. Ultimately he meets his downfall. Or does he? Weidman writes with great economy and psychological insight. His characters' speech rings true to the ear from the Yiddish inflections of Harry's mother to the theatrically affected speech of his actress girlfriend. This fast-paced novel is extremely entertaining, but quite unsettling as well. This is a great book and it is shocking to think that so important a work is out-of-print. It still reads as fresh and original as if it had been written this morning.