{"product_id":"galahad-and-i-thought-of-daisy-paperback","title":"Galahad and I Thought of Daisy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdmund Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the leading literary critics of his generation comes the first of Edmund Wilson's three novels, \u003ci\u003eI thought of Daisy\u003c\/i\u003e, published together with his short story Galahad.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in Greenwich Village in the 1920s, Edmund Wilson's \u003ci\u003eI Thought of Daisy\u003c\/i\u003e tells the coming of age story of a young man living a bohemian life in Greenwich Village in the 1920s, and of his heartfelt relationship with a chorus girl he meets at a party. Fictional sketches drawn from real-life literary figures are scattered throughout, including John Dos Passos and Wilson's lover, Edna St. Vincent Millay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat needs to be  said] is how good, if ungainly, \u003ci\u003eDaisy \u003c\/i\u003eis, how charmingly and intelligently she tells of the speakeasy days of a Greenwich Village as red and cozy as a valentine, of lamplit islands where love and ambition and drunkenness bloomed all at once. The fiction writer in Wilson was real, and his displacement is a real loss. - John Updike\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (1895-1972) was a novelist, memoirist, playwright, journalist, poet, and editor but it is as a literary critic that he is most highly regarded. His more than twenty books include \u003ci\u003eAxel's Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatriotic Gor\u003c\/i\u003ee, \u003ci\u003eTo the Finland Station\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of Hecate County.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762298519840,"sku":"9780374505882","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ca292068ab53eaca0343abda92db58d9.webp?v=1780218952","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/galahad-and-i-thought-of-daisy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}