''Between Two Worlds'' is the second novel in Upton Sinclair's

Lanny Budd Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in seve ...

series. First published in 1941, the story covers the period from 1919 to 1929

Plot

This volume deals with the aftermath of World War I in Europe during the 1920s (with the

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, the Italian fascist regime and some of the important conferences) and later the Roaring Twenties. After two disastrous affairs with married women Lanny marries in the end a rich heiress from New York, Irma. In the climax Lanny covers his father's stock market margin call on Black Thursday, Oct 24th 1929, then insists that his father sell all his stocks the next market day, thus escaping the carnage of Black Tuesday. His efforts to save his wife's wealth were not quite as successful, and her uncle was wiped out. Novels set in the 1920s 1941 American novels American historical novels Novels by Upton Sinclair {{1940s-hist-novel-stub