<p><b>The second novel by the great American novelist, now the subject of a major new film, <i>Genius</i>, starring Jude Law, Colin Firth, Dominic West and Nicole Kidman.</b><br><br>It is 1920 and Eugene Gant leaves the American South for Harvard, New York and Europe, determined to make his way as a writer. On the boat home, he meets Esther Jack, the woman who is to dominate his life. Autobiographical, vital and passionate, Wolfe''s second novel blazes with energy and life.<br><br>Wolfe''s first novel, <i>Look Homeward, Angel</i>, is also now available in Penguin Classics. Together, the two novels tell the story of Eugene Gant, Wolfe''s fictional alter-ego, as he grows up in a dysfunctional family in the American South and discovers his true vocation as a writer.<br><br>This new edition includes an introduction by Elizabeth Kostova, author of <i>The Historian</i>.</p>