Let It Come Down

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Let It Come Down is a 1952 novel by Paul Bowles that follows an American expatriate’s descent into moral and psychological disintegration in postwar Tangier.

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instanceOf novel
author Paul Bowles NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy The Spider's House NERFINISHED
follows an American expatriate in Tangier
genre existential novel
literary fiction
psychological novel
hasAuthor Paul Bowles NERFINISHED
hasSetting postwar Tangier NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement postwar American literature
mainCharacterNationality American
medium print
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
precededBy The Sheltering Sky NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1952
publisher Random House NERFINISHED
settingCity Tangier NERFINISHED
settingCountry Morocco NERFINISHED
settingLocation Tangier NERFINISHED
subjectMatter breakdown of personal morality
expatriate experience in North Africa
theme alienation
cultural dislocation
existential despair
moral disintegration
psychological disintegration
timePeriod post-World War II era
titleOrigin line from Shakespeare's Macbeth

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Paul Bowles notableWork Let It Come Down