William Darby gives us a comprehensive and (mostly) sympathetic reading of over fifty novels and a few movies from the 1950s. He examines titles such as Mandingo, The Invisible Man, I the Jury, Catcher in the Rye, Battle Cry, The Caine Mutiny, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Manchurian Candidate, Hawaii, The Bramble Bush, Peyton Place, Ten North Frederick, A Stone for Danny Fisher, The Bad Seed, Not as a Stranger, The Blackboard Jungle, From Here to Eternity, and Compulsion.
- ISBN13 9780879723903
- Publish Date 30 June 1987
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
- Imprint Bowling Green University Popular Press,US
- Format Paperback
- Pages 406
- Language English