Continuation of Parallel 42 and 1919, this novel covers a very wide thematic, geographical and social spectrum and places the reader in the immediate vicinity of the collapse of the Stock Market and the world economy of 1929. From New York to Hollywood, from Chicago to Miami, from high finance environments to union struggles and from the glamor of movie studios to dark underworld taverns, the characters of Dos Passos lead the reader through all possible environments, and they show how a period of economic prosperity caused by technical and industrial advances acts in them.