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Country United States Publisher Modern Age Media type Print | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 1942 Originally published 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Now and On Earth is a 1942 novel by Jim Thompson. It was his first published novel.
Plot
Set in San Diego during World War II, it is a semi-autobiographical description of the author's life working in an airplane manufacturing plant during the war years and the frustrations he endured there and in his personal life at the time. The main character is named James Dillon, a pen name under which Thompson had previously published short stories.
References
Now and on Earth Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA