{"product_id":"9781598535174","title":"Mary McCarthy: Novels 1963-1979 (Loa #291): The Group \/ Birds of America \/ Cannibals and Missionaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the second volume of the definitive edition of her fiction, three novels by the witty and provocative writer who defined a generation, including the landmark classic \u003ci\u003eThe Group\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Mary McCarthy's most famous novel,\u003ci\u003e The Group\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), she depicts the lives of eight Vassar College graduates during the 1930s as they grapple with sex, sexism, money, motherhood, and family. McCarthy's final two novels—\u003ci\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), a coming of age tale of 19-year-old Peter Levi, who travels to Europe during the 1960s, and \u003ci\u003eCannibals and Missionaries \u003c\/i\u003e(1979), a thriller about a group of passengers taken hostage on an airplane by militant hijackers—are both concerned with the state of modern society, from the cross-currents of radical social change to the psychology of terrorism. As a special feature, this second volume contains McCarthy's 1979 essay \"The Novels that Got Away,\" on her unfinished fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059820970224,"sku":"9781598535174","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781598535174_p0.jpg?v=1763813907","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781598535174","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}