This 1955 novel, critics agree, distilled the experience of a generation, laying bare its hollow quest for meaning and purpose in the post-World War Two world of corporate business.
But the "generation skipping" tax on gifts to grandkids has disappeared, meaning some of the healthy wealthy are now rushing to capitalize on the lapse with family gifts.
Instead, Silver envisions a new generationof creative thinkers who cut and paste disparate materials to make something new that holds personal meaning for them -- like what artists and writers have been doing for centuries but on a broader scale.