"Reno" 1929 VANDERBILT JR., Cornelius
$250
VANDERBILT JR., Cornelius
[251] pp.
The Macaulay Company
1929
Third Printing
7 1/2" x 5 3/8"
Cary Grant commented, “Divorce is a game played by lawyers.” It was not always that way. It once resembled a summer camp for café society types. In the first half of the 20th Century, those wanting a no-fault divorce would establish residency in then-glamorous Reno. The author, a Vanderbilt scion, was intimately familiar with the process and was inspired to write this novel about it. Published in the last moments of pre-Depression high society, the mise-en-scène is as important as the plot.
“It does not matter a damn what a man’s habits are, so long as [they are] regular.”
--Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.