Ferment

First edition. A novel about “strikes, labor wars, incipient Fascism, and leftward-bound unions” (this from Clifton Fadiman's 1937 review), written in a strong big-city vernacular that Fadiman praised as “clear and honest as the ting of good glassware.” This was McIntyre's second Depression-era novel, following the well-received Steps Going Down; like its predecessor, it combines aspects of hard-boiled underworld fiction with political and social concerns to create what turned out to be a highly unpopular hybrid. Though his books received favorable attention from critics, they never sold well (even by 1930's standards), and McIntyre has faded into an undeserved obscurity. HANNA 2315. BLAKE p.262. COAN p.84.

John T. McIntyre, (1871-1951).
Ferment.
Philadelphia: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937.

Lehigh University Catalog Record: https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/10994149

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