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1949
OPUS 21
Philip Wylie
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OPUS 21

Descriptive Music for the Lower Kinsey Epoch of the Atomic Age, a Concerto for a One-man Band, Six Arias for Soap Operas, Fugues, Anthems & Barrelhouse

by Philip Wylie

Rinehart & Company · 1949

Peak rank

#7

Weeks on list

15

Debuted

June 1949

Chart History

#1510151949

15 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #7

"Satiric picture of life at a fashionable New York hotel." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation

All Appearances

11NEWJune 5, 1949wk 1
10↑1June 12, 1949wk 2
9↑1June 19, 1949wk 3
9—June 26, 1949wk 4
8↑1July 3, 1949wk 5
9↓1July 10, 1949wk 6
7↑2July 17, 1949wk 7
7—July 24, 1949wk 8
8↓1July 31, 1949wk 9
9↓1August 7, 1949wk 10
12↓3August 14, 1949wk 11
14↓2August 21, 1949wk 12

Details

Published
1949
Pages
392
Publisher
Rinehart & Company
Categories
End of the world

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