Synopsis
The Man Who Had All the Luck
$14.99 Published by Penguin
It took more than fifty years for The Man Who Had All the Luck to
be appreciated for what it truly is: the first stirrings of a genius
that would go on to blossom in such masterpieces as Death of a Salesman
and The Crucible
Infused with the moral malaise of the Depression era, the drama centers on David Beeves, a man whose every obstacle to personal and professional success seems to crumble before him
But his good fortune merely serves to reveal the tragedies of those around him in greater relief, offering evidence of a capricious god or, worse, a godless, arbitrary universe
David's journey toward fulfillment becomes a nightmare of existential doubts, a desperate grasp for reason in a cosmos seemingly devoid of any, and a struggle that will take him to the brink of madness