I suspect you know that Pelley was a thinly disguised character in Nathanael West's novella The Dream Life of Balso Snell. He's also in It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis but I can't remember if he is explicitly named or disguised.
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Whoops - not Balso Snell but A Cool Million by West. Thanks for the essay. Will read asap.
I suspect you know that Pelley was a thinly disguised character in Nathanael West's novella The Dream Life of Balso Snell. He's also in It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis but I can't remember if he is explicitly named or disguised.
Glad to see you are still posting. Don't let the bastards get ya down!
I haven't read 'Balso Snell,' but know of it. You might enjoy this essay I wrote a while back on the subject of WDP boogey-man fiction... https://archvillain.substack.com/p/will-your-son-have-to-join-the-storm