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The Locusts Have No King is a 1948 satirical novel by Dawn Powell that skewers the New York literary and theater worlds through the complicated love triangle of an obscure historian, Frederick Olliver; a successful, married playwright, Lyle Gaynor; and a gold-digging socialite, Dodo. The book examines themes of art, commerce, ambition, and betrayal, as Frederick is caught between his affair with Lyle and his rising success after being swept up by a tasteless publishing tycoon.
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