The Day of the Locust is a 1939 novel by American author Nathanael West set in Hollywood, California.
Major characters
•Homer Simpson – a former
accountant at a hotel in Iowa who comes to California at the recommendation of
his doctor to restore his health. Soft-mannered, sexually repressed, and
socially ill-at-ease, Homer's almost constant inner turmoil is expressed
through his huge hands which have an uncontrollable and detached nature to
them.
