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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Let It Come Down canonical 3

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instanceOf novel
author Paul Bowles
countryOfOrigin United States
followedBy The Spider's House
follows an American expatriate in Tangier
genre existential novel
literary fiction
psychological novel
hasAuthor Paul Bowles
hasSetting postwar Tangier
linked to: Tangier
language English
literaryMovement postwar American literature
mainCharacterNationality American
medium print
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
precededBy The Sheltering Sky
publicationYear 1952
publisher Random House
settingCity Tangier
settingCountry Morocco
settingLocation Tangier
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
James Iha notableWork Let It Come Down
The Spider's House followsInCareer Let It Come Down