{"product_id":"2026100007678-secondhand-the-man-in-the-grey-flannel-suit","title":"The Man In The Grey Flannel Suit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn postwar America, a man in a grey flannel suit walks the fine line between ambition and integrity — a tension that cuts to the very heart of the 1950s American Dream. Sloan Wilson's The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit chronicles the life of Tom Rath, a World War II veteran and New York commuter who juggles a demanding corporate job, a restless marriage, and the haunting memories of his time at war. Set against the backdrop of Madison Avenue's advertising world and Connecticut suburbia, the novel presents a razor-sharp portrait of conformity, compromise, and the quiet desperation of middle-class prosperity.\n\nWilson argues, with devastating clarity, that success and fulfilment are rarely the same thing — and that the cost of ambition is often paid in the currency of the soul. A landmark of mid-century American literature, the novel gave the English language an enduring cultural metaphor: the grey flannel suit as a symbol of corporate anonymity and social conformity. Written with understated precision and moral seriousness, Wilson's prose illuminates the invisible pressures that shape ordinary lives — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of themselves they would sacrifice for the sake of fitting in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130585817307,"sku":"2026100007678-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9e818524-aca9-47ef-962a-76c31dfaf4b4.png?v=1786586851","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007678-secondhand-the-man-in-the-grey-flannel-suit","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}