Nathanael West

West: Novels and Other Writings is a book by Nathanael West.

Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist - and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set-designer, he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the cult of celebrity rules. But when he becomes besotted by the beautiful Faye, an aspiring actress and occasional call-girl, his dream rapidly …

In 'Miss Lonelyhearts', a cynical hack takes on his newspaper's agony column and thinks of it as a joke, until he sees the letters of despair. In A Cool Million, the hapless hero chases a dream of success, but discovers the dark corners of human life.

The Day of the Locust is a 1939 novel by American author Nathanael West, set in Hollywood, California. The novel follows a young artist from the Yale School of Fine Arts named Tod Hackett who travels to California in search of inspiration for a new painting titled "The Burning of Los Angeles," which Tod is set to …