The Man Who Had All the Luck

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The forgotten classic that launched the career of one of America's greatest playwrightsIt took more than fifty years for The Man Who Had All the Luck to be appreciated for what it truly is: the first stirrings of a genius that would go on to blossom in such masterpieces as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Infused with the moral malaise of the Depression era, the drama centers on David Beeves, a man whose every obstacle to personal and professional success seems to crumble before him. But his good fortune merely serves to reveal the tragedies of those around him in greater relief, offering evidence of a capricious god or, worse, a godless, arbitrary universe. David's journey toward fulfillment becomes a nightmare of existential doubts, a desperate grasp for reason in a cosmos seemingly devoid of any, and a struggle that will take him to the brink of madness. First time in Penguin Classics

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Other Editions

• The man who had all the luck: a fablePenguin Books2004-01-01
• The Man Who Had All the LuckElectronic resourcePenguin USA, Inc.2009
• The Man Who Had All the LuckAudio CDLa Theatre Works2007-09-01
• The Man Who Had All The LuckPaperbackBloomsbury