Ameerika kirjandus alates I maailmasõjast kuni tänapäevani.
The characters are different. He takes as his characters people from the
middle classes. He didnt chose this accidentalyl, but he shows that corruption has reached
such fairytale towns, such idyllic places, it is perfect place to live in, but the good
businessmen are actually liers who destroy and cheat. Vice has become a virtue, the virtuous
are mocked by the others, the system of values are turned upside town. The only power is
money. Even the most honest man has problems of remainig honest. He says that in fact
corruption can be traced to the very roots of colonial america. For example he even mentions
the origin of the first owners of the houses of New Bay town. Some of their ancesters were
pirates. They got their original capitals by pirating. Now the family say that they are old
familys with old money. The protagonist is Ethan Allen Hawley. He is well educated, he
comes from a good family, wife and two children, at the beginning he is a honest, good man.