The Pit: A Story of Chicago Sam Shepard Author/Contributor(s): Seth

Author/Contributor(s): Seth

First published in France In 1947

literal and metaphorical

which conjured some of the most prescient and lasting books in modern literature

to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation -- Close to the Knives is his powerful and iconoclastic memoir

The Pit: A Story of Chicago Sam Shepard Author/Contributor(s): SethAuthor Contributor(s): Norris, Frank; McElrath, Joseph A. Publisher: Penguin Classics Date: 8 1 1994 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW This classic literary critique of turn of the century capitalism in the United States reveals Norris's powerful story of an obsessed trader intent on cornering the wheat market and the consequences of his unchecked greed.