The Radio 3 Documentary - Sunday Feature: The Day of the Locust

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Adam Smith unearths the roots of Nathanael West's great 1938 Hollywood novel The Day of the Locust, and tests its prophecy of fascist violence in America against postwar history.

Published on Sunday, 22nd February 2015.

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