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Up For Sale Today is
Thunder on the Left
by
Christopher Morley
Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, Garden City, NY, 1925. 273 pgs.
Ex-library item with library spine label present to the spine of the DJ and library stamp present to the title page. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (large pieces missing from the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
Thunder on the Left has nothing to do with the contemporary, suspenseful primary elections; the erudite Christopher Morley's literary title makes reference to a Roman fancy that when men heard thunder on the left the gods had something of importance to impart to mankind. Thunder on the Left (1925) is a fantasy novel involving a shift in time, a young boy's refusal to age, and a disturbingly ambiguous look at adult life.
We first view the mysterious world of adults from the perspective of young children and maturing adolescents attending a birthday party for Martin. Subsequent chapters shift forward in time at which the children are now adults, and have through coincidence gathered again at the same locale, a large, rustic house somewhere in New England. One uninvited guest, a rather inexplicably naïve artist, is gradually exposed to the reader as none other than the young Martin, somehow transported into adulthood and yet still a child in his perspective and outlook.
The world of adults is uncomfortable. We encounter infidelity, disappointment, and ennui. And yet, Morley manages to avoid too much seriousness. Martin's naivety offers a whimsical balance that transforms this potentially grave analysis into a fascinating story, one that the reader will long remember.
Christopher Morley's best novels, including The Haunted Bookshop, Parnassus on Wheels, and Thunder on the Left, have remained popular for their intriguing perspectives, their ability to engage the readers, and for their whimsical seriousness.
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| Book formats and corresponding sizes | ||||||
| Name | Abbreviations | Leaves | Pages | Approximate cover size (width × height) | ||
| inches | cm | |||||
| folio | 2º or fo | 2 | 4 | 12 × 19 | 30.5 × 48 | |
| quarto | 4º or 4to | 4 | 8 | 9½ × 12 | 24 × 30.5 | |
| octavo | 8º or 8vo | 8 | 16 | 6 × 9 | 15 × 23 | |
| duodecimo or twelvemo | 12º or 12mo | 12 | 24 | 5 × 7⅜ | 12.5 × 19 | |
| sextodecimo or sixteenmo | 16º or 16mo | 16 | 32 | 4 × 6¾ | 10 × 17 | |
| octodecimo or eighteenmo | 18º or 18mo | 18 | 36 | 4 × 6½ | 10 × 16.5 | |
| trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo | 32º or 32mo | 32 | 64 | 3½ × 5½ | 9 × 14 | |
| quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo | 48º or 48mo | 48 | 96 | 2½ × 4 | 6.5 × 10 | |
| sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo | 64º or 64mo | 64 | 128 | 2 × 3 | 5 × 7.5 | |
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