The Ecstasy Of Owen Muir by Ring Lardner

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The classic novel The Ecstasy of Owen Muir is the story of what happens in 1940s America when an idealistically, fiercely honest young man, with no strong religious affiliation, ma rries a Roman Catholic woman. In this brilliantly comic and pungent tale, Lardner dissects the thought control of the McCarthy era, business ethics, racial intolerance, attitudes toward sex, the Manhattan nightclub set, judicial procedures, and other social phenomenon. The author is a former Hollywood screenwriter who won Academy Awards for Woman of the Yearin 1942 and MASH in 1970. This 1966 Sun Books Paperback is in fair condition. Pages very tanned, cover well worn. SKU: 1582303 This image is of the actual book. Show more