SINCLAIR LEWIS (867 pp.)—MarkScho-rer—McGraw-Hill ($10). If the term had been invented earlier, Sinclair Lewis might have qualified as the U.S.’s first Angry Young Man. He was obstreperous enough, and ...

Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel ...

Forecast: Thanks to the reputation Lingeman established with his acclaimed life of Dreiser, this will receive widespread review attention, which may draw more than the usual number of readers for a ...