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Yale graduate and young artist, Tod Hackett, has been hired by a Hollywood studio to design and paint sets.  While he works he plans out his grand masterpiece: a painting entitled 'The Burning of Los Angeles,' a portrayl of the chaotic and fiery holocaust which will destroy the city . . . 

First published in 1939, The Day of the Locust offers is a classic indictment of all that is most extravagant and uncontrolled in American life to create an unforgettable portrayal of a world that mocks the real and rewards the sham, turns its back on love to plunge into empty sex, and breeds a savage violence that is ultimately its own undoing.

"A vision of Los Angeles filled with political foreboding." -- Independent