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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ