Considered by many to be John Dos Passos's greatest work, Manhattan
Transfer is an "expressionistic picture of New York" (New York Times)
in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and
struggling immigrants alike.
From Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of
the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters
struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by
it.
"A novel of the very first importance" (Sinclair Lewis), Manhattan
Transfer is a masterpiece of modern fiction and a lasting tribute to
the dual-edged nature of the American dream.