The Drifters (novel)

The Drifters (novel)

"The Drifters" is a novel by Pulitzer Prize winner James A. Michener; published by Random House in 1971. Within weeks, it became a bestseller, remaining on bestseller lists for over eight months.

The story traces the travels of six young people who tour Europe and Africa searching themselves and a meaning for their lives in a world where they have no control in their own affairs. On the surface, they are runaways who have carved for themselves an existence based on illegal drugs, pleasure and machismo in exotic locales. The author's mosaic is a document of world history and culture of the period in which it is set and is a manual on bridging generation gaps which ever confound the society at large.

Notes

* A hardcover edition was published by Random House in 1971 with ISBN 0-394-46200-9.
* A paperback edition was reissued in New York by Fawcett Crest Books in 1986 with ISBN 0-449-21353-6

External links

* [http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/search.cgi?title=The+Drifters Synopsis of publication history and critical reactions]


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