Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel

Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel (1925) is a novel by Carl Van Vechten that has been recognized as an important document of the Jazz Age. It follows an explosive group of friends who welcome a handsome young man into their midst, and explores the meaning of friendship as he tries to satisfy their needs and desires. This edition of the novel is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Format: Hardback
Length: 150 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2022
Publisher: West Margin Press

Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel, published in 1925, is a novel by Carl Van Vechten. This novel was published in the same year as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Anita Loos' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Van Vechten's novel has been recognized as an important document of the Jazz Age, a decade of bohemian excess and artistic experimentation that changed the shape of American and European culture.

"You must think of a group of people in terms of a packet of firecrackers. You ignite the first cracker and the flash fires the fuse of the second, and so on, until, after a series of crackling detonations, the whole bunch has exploded, and nothing survives but a few torn and scattered bits of paper, blackened with powder."

In Van Vechten's novel, an explosive group of friends welcomes a handsome young man into their midst. Gunnar OGrady, an athlete and a jack of all trades, soon becomes an object of obsession for men and women alike. As he tries to satisfy their needs and desires while working to support himself, he begins to question the meaning of friendship itself.

Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel, Van Vechten's fourth novel, is a fascinating work of fiction from a man who was always one step ahead of the rest. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Carl Van Vechten's Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Weight: 278g
Dimension: 133 x 209 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781513132860