A Cool Million
Written in the style of humorous fantasy 'A Cool Million' is an acerbic destruction of the American Dream. The story takes place in the 1930s, during the depression, but like all good literature it has an impact and perception which transcend period.
FICTION_GENERALUNITED STATES_FICTION
RELEASED2007
PUBLISHERAssembled Stories
LANGUAGEEN
Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein was born in 1903 in New York City. He attended Brown University and from 1924 to 1931 he lived in Paris, where he wrote *The Dream Life of Balso Snell*. On his return to New York, he managed a residential hotel and was associate editor, with [William Carlos Williams](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL219856A/William_Carlos_Williams), of the magazine *Contact*. *Miss Lonelyhearts* appeared in 1933, *A Cool Million* in 1934 and *The Day of the Locust* in 1939. He worked on film scripts in Hollywood for the last five years of his life. He and his wife were tragically killed in a car accident in 1940. *--Penguin Books* Photo *--Wikicommons*
A Cool Million
Written in the style of humorous fantasy 'A Cool Million' is an acerbic destruction of the American Dream. The story takes place in the 1930s, during the depression, but like all good literature it has an impact and perception which transcend period.
FICTION_GENERALUNITED STATES_FICTION
RELEASED2007
PUBLISHERAssembled Stories
LANGUAGEEN
Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein was born in 1903 in New York City. He attended Brown University and from 1924 to 1931 he lived in Paris, where he wrote *The Dream Life of Balso Snell*. On his return to New York, he managed a residential hotel and was associate editor, with [William Carlos Williams](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL219856A/William_Carlos_Williams), of the magazine *Contact*. *Miss Lonelyhearts* appeared in 1933, *A Cool Million* in 1934 and *The Day of the Locust* in 1939. He worked on film scripts in Hollywood for the last five years of his life. He and his wife were tragically killed in a car accident in 1940. *--Penguin Books* Photo *--Wikicommons*
