- Highlighted when discussing one-afternoon readings. You can kill it in 2 hours.
- Some of the nonconformity drowned in realism vibes from Luces de bohemía resonate here. Although, this critique points clearer to capitalism than to nationalism.
- The core topic is uncovering the American dream as the grand illusion. This could have been a favorite school-forced-read had I spent my high school years somewhere in US.