The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Paperback | Pages: 288 pages

Identify Out Of Books The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Title	:	The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Author	:	Sloan Wilson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	October 23rd 2002 by Da Capo Press (first published 1954)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Literature. Novels. American

Rendition Toward Books The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Here is the story of Tom and Betsy Rath, a young couple with everthing going for them: three healthy children, a nice home, a steady income. They have every reason to be happy, but for some reason they are not. Like so many young men of the day, Tom finds himself caught up in the corporate rat race - what he encounters there propels him on a voyage of self-discovery that will turn his world inside out. At once a searing indictment of coporate culture, a story of a young man confronting his past and future with honesty, and a testament to the enduring power of family, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a deeply rewarding novel about the importance of taking responsibility for one's own life.

Define Books Concering The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Original Title:	The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
ISBN:	1568582463 (ISBN13: 9781568582467)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Connecticut(United States) New York City, New York(United States)

Rating Out Of Books The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Ratings: 3.83 From 2642 Users | 292 Reviews

Assess Out Of Books The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

This book brought to mind a recurring theme of the post 1945 era, that of wanting something good and noble to materialise from the efforts and heartbreaks of those who lived through the horrors of war.

Very absorbing. Loved it.

(view spoiler)[ Bettie's Books (hide spoiler)]

Such a frustrating read, loads of potential that gets bogged down in just too much going on, too many characters with too many off shooting narratives for such a short book. The ending felt rushed and far too pat, given the final thirty pages. There are monumental shifts in circumstances and startling admissions that take place, which make the ending problematic and seems more like what a philandering male's ideal attitude of his wife should be--even for the 1950's it is just not realistic.

As I worked my way through The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, I tried to remember how and why it came to be recommended to me. This was especially true in the beginning of the book, as it took a while for the plot to get movingrelatively speaking. No one will ever mistake this book for a page-turner. More than once I thought to myself, Why am I reading this? Its a legitimate question for any book, but especially for a book that you only read for fifteen minutes at a go and yet still find yourself

Sloan Wilson's novel has provided a misunderstood iconic image from the 1950s. Often mistaken as a symbol for conformity and the rise of the organization man, Wilson's protagonist, Tom Rath, is actually the opposite. He has replaced one uniform, that of an army paratrooper, with another, the gray flannel suit of corporate America. Both are items from wars. The paratrooper fought in World War II against both the Germans and Japanese--and Tom's life itself was in danger. But Tom the executive

Hollywood does not often improve on a book when it makes a movie, but The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is one of the very few exceptions. It was Sloan Wilson's second published novel, but it reads like a cross between a first novel and a senior project, despite containing a fuller backstory for the lead character than is in the movie, as well as extra action in the novel's present time that got left on the cutting floor. Tom, the lead character, finds himself in a quandary: at the age of 33,