Dawn Powell
Dawn Powell was a brilliantly witty satirist of New York bohemian and social life whose work was unjustly neglected for decades before a posthumous revival established her as a major American novelist. Her comedies of manners are incisive and darkly funny.
Works
- The Locusts Have No KingNovel of bohemian New York artists amid post-Depression aesthetic and romance
- Turn Magic WheelNovel exploring artistic ambition and bohemian relationships among young New Yorkers
- A Time to Be BornNovel of woman finding love and identity among sophisticated New York circles
- Angels on ToastNovel of married couples and infidelity among New York's upper-middle class
- The Wicked PavilionNovel of artists and bohemians converging at a fashionable midtown nightclub