Aurora Dawn (34 page)

This wickedly amusing novel, which marked the literary debut of one of America’s most admired and acclaimed storytellers,
recounts the riotous adventures of an ambitious young Manhattanite in the early days of radio. Andrew Reale, in headlong pursuit
of fame and fortune, finds himself face-to-face with his own devil’s bargain—forced to choose between soul and salary, true
love and a strategic romance—and learns a timeless lesson about the high cost of success in America’s most extravagant metropolis.

“
T
he reader is being so continuously amused and entertained by the author’s blithe companionship and his engaging chatter that
he is hardly aware of the ‘exposure of the inner workings of the advertising industry’ that is going on right under his nose….
A pleasant satire told within the framework of an idiom that gives it novelty and distinction—a rare combination in this day
and age.” —Percy Atkinson,
Saturday Review of Literature

“
M
r. Wouk is naturally witty,” —Diana Trilling,
Nation

Herman Wouk was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1952 for
The Caine Mutiny,
his third novel. His other internationally acclaimed and bestselling novels Include
City Boy; Marjorie Morningstar; Youngblood Hawke; Don’t Stop the Carnival; The Winds of War; War and Remembrance; Inside,
Outside; The Hope; The Clory;
and, most recently,
A Hole in Texas,