The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
By (Author) Sloan Wilson
Introduction by Jonathan Franzen
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
16th September 2005
1st September 2005
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 17mm
213g
This is the story of Tom and Betsy Rath, a young couple with three children, a nice home, a steady income. They have every reason to be happy, but for some reason they are not. Universally acclaimed when it was first published in 1955, the novel captured the mood of a generation. It was a sensational best-seller that was made into an award-winning film with Gregory Peck, it was translated into twenty-six languages, and its title has become a permanent part of our vocabulary. Today, it is more relevant than ever.
"A thoughtful, searching novel."
-- "The New York Herald Tribune"
Sloan Wilson was born in Connecticut in 1920. He is a graduate of Harvard and a veteran of World War II, and he has worked as a reporter for Time-Life and as a college professor. He is the author of fifteen books, including A Summer Place. He lives in Virginia.