The empire city

Paul Goodman, Harold Rosenberg

An epic novel. "This is the story of Horatio, an idealistic scrapper who struggles to learn the hardest lesson of all - how to take his place in a conformist society and still retain his personal identity... He is accompanied on his forays into and out of society by family members, friends and lovers who, along with Horatio himself, are the heroes and heroines of this epoc of modern times"--back cover.