The Merry Month of May
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A turbulent portrait of a world in revolt—from the barricaded boulevards of Paris to the crumbling foundations of the American family. From the legendary author of From Here to Eternity comes a gritty, firsthand account of the May 1968 student riots that brought France to its knees. The Merry Month of May is not just a chronicle of political upheaval; it is a searing exploration of the "sexual revolution" and the disillusionment of the American expatriate community living in the heart of the storm. The story centers on Harry Gallagher, a successful screenwriter whose comfortable life in Paris is shattered as the city ignites. While his son, Hill, joins the student radicals on the barricades with the reckless fervor of youth, Harry finds his own world coming apart at the seams. Caught between a tradition-obsessed past and an anarchic future, the Gallaghers must navigate a landscape of social quicksand where old loyalties are burned away in the street fires of the Left Bank. As the cobblestones fly and the old guard falls, can the Gallaghers survive the collision between their private desires and the violent birth of a new era, or will they be the first casualties of the revolution?
Author: James Jones
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, Collins
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A turbulent portrait of a world in revolt—from the barricaded boulevards of Paris to the crumbling foundations of the American family. From the legendary author of From Here to Eternity comes a gritty, firsthand account of the May 1968 student riots that brought France to its knees. The Merry Month of May is not just a chronicle of political upheaval; it is a searing exploration of the "sexual revolution" and the disillusionment of the American expatriate community living in the heart of the storm. The story centers on Harry Gallagher, a successful screenwriter whose comfortable life in Paris is shattered as the city ignites. While his son, Hill, joins the student radicals on the barricades with the reckless fervor of youth, Harry finds his own world coming apart at the seams. Caught between a tradition-obsessed past and an anarchic future, the Gallaghers must navigate a landscape of social quicksand where old loyalties are burned away in the street fires of the Left Bank. As the cobblestones fly and the old guard falls, can the Gallaghers survive the collision between their private desires and the violent birth of a new era, or will they be the first casualties of the revolution?