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, marries 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 MASHin 1970.
- ISBN10 1616140968
- ISBN13 9781616140960
- Publish Date 2 November 2010 (first published 1 October 1972)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Prometheus Books
- Format eBook
- Pages 272
- Language English