District of Columbia
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The District of Columbia is a trilogy of novels by John Dos Passos, published between 1939 and 1949. It comprises Adventures of a Young Man (1939), Number One (1943), and The Grand Design (1949). This trilogy chronicles Dos Passos's evolving disillusionment with the labor movement, radical politics, and New Deal liberalism in the United States.1
The novels explore themes of political and social change in America, reflecting Dos Passos's shift towards conservatism. While his earlier work, the U.S.A. trilogy, offered a broad social history through fictional characters, newsreels, and biographies, District of Columbia delves into more specific political critiques. The series was less ambitious in scope than U.S.A. and received less critical attention.21
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