{"product_id":"mary-mccarthy-novels-1963-1979-loa-291-the-group-birds-of-america-cannibals-and-missionaries-hardcover","title":"Mary McCarthy: Novels 1963-1979 (Loa #291): The Group \/ Birds of America \/ Cannibals and Missionaries - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Mallon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of three novels by the author who transformed the scope and style of twentieth-century American literature--including the landmark classic \u003ci\u003eThe Group\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Mary McCarthy's most famous novel, \u003ci\u003e The Group\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), she depicts the lives of eight Vassar College graduates during the 1930s as they grapple with sex, sexism, money, motherhood, and family. McCarthy's final two novels--\u003ci\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), a coming of age tale of 19-year-old Peter Levi, who travels to Europe during the 1960s, and \u003ci\u003eCannibals and Missionaries \u003c\/i\u003e(1979), a thriller about a group of passengers taken hostage on an airplane by militant hijackers--are both concerned with the state of modern society, from the cross-currents of radical social change to the psychology of terrorism. As a special feature, this second volume contains McCarthy's 1979 essay \"The Novels that Got Away,\" on her unfinished fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary McCarthy \u003c\/b\u003e(1912-1989), novelist, critic, and political activist, was born in Seattle and orphaned at age six, thereafter raised by various relatives in Minnesota and Washington. She graduated from Vassar College in 1933 and went on to work as a critic for \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she was an editor from 1937 to 1948. She married four times, most notably in 1938 to the critic Edmund Wilson. She is the author of seven novels as well as many other volumes of autobiography, travelogues, essays, and criticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Mallon\u003c\/b\u003e, editor, Thomas Mallon is the author of nine novels, including \u003ci\u003eWatergate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Finale, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFellow Travelers, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as seven books of nonfiction. A protégé and friend of McCarthy's, he is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45820458500293,"sku":"9781598535174","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/TaEsIWbFIg9781598535174.webp?v=1771075419","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/mary-mccarthy-novels-1963-1979-loa-291-the-group-birds-of-america-cannibals-and-missionaries-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}