Rating: 4.00 (1 ratings)
First published 1948
On the manicured Pepper Street, residents pride themselves on their tidy lawns and country club access. But when a new road breaks through the wall, their cozy world begins to crumble. As the community grapples with this unwelcome change, long-buried tensions and resentments boil over, exposing the fragility of their comfortable lives. Shirley Jackson's biting satire lays bare the hypocrisy and class divides that simmer beneath the surface of this seemingly idyllic neighborhood.
Genres: satire, literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, social-issues
Vibes: atmospheric, thought-provoking
Tropes: social-commentary
Setting: Pepper Street
Period: 20th-century
208 pages · Paperback · Penguin Classics