Eclipse

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Review ------ In Eclipse Mr. Dalton Trumbo has done more than write a well-constructed, interesting novel of modern life. He has by the implications of his story criticized the ethics, social and commercial, of the average American city. John Abbott, in his later days calls for our pity; but he received none—with a single exception—from the many people he had benefited. Once his prestige began to fail, the men and women he had so unselfishly helped turned against him. And in his of that desertion lies the substance of Trumbo’s attack. It is true one of his minor characters, Hermann Vogel, is used to give voice to what are presumably the author’s own opinions, but his analyses are less effective than the inevitable development of the story. Mr. Trumbo is evidently an admirer of Sinclair Lewis’s novels and may possibly qualify, one day, to succeed him.?? —An unsigned review in the Times Literary Supplement upon the 1935 publication of Eclipse Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) About the Author ---------------- Dalton Trumbo had a screenwriting career that spanned five decades. He won Academy Awards for The Brave One and Roman Holiday. His novel Johnny Got His won a National Book Award in 1939. Trumbo was one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of writers and directors who refused to testify to their political affiliations before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Trumbo was born in Montrose, Colorado, on December 9,1905, and was raised in Grand Junction, Colorado. He died on September 10,1976, in California. With the generous permission of the Trumbo family, proceeds from this printing will benefit the Mesa County Public Library Foundation in Grand Junction, Colorado. Read more ( javascript:void(0) )