# The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/david-sloan-wilson/the-man-in-the-gray-flannel-suit/9781568582467

JSON version (same data): https://www.bookquiver.com/david-sloan-wilson/the-man-in-the-gray-flannel-suit/9781568582467.json

![The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit](https://quivercdn.com/covers/da-capo-press/sloan-wilson/the-man-in-the-gray-flannel-suit_978-15-6858-246-7.png?v=2026-05-13%2011%3A16%3A21)

- Book: [The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-sloan-wilson/the-man-in-the-gray-flannel-suit) ([The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-sloan-wilson/the-man-in-the-gray-flannel-suit.md))
- Authors: [David Sloan Wilson](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-sloan-wilson), [Jonathan Franzen](https://www.bookquiver.com/jonathan-franzen)
- Publisher: da_capo_press
- ISBN: 978-15-6858-246-7
- Published: 2002-10-23
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Universally acclaimed when first published in 1955, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit captured the mood of a generation. Its title , like Catch-22 and Fahrenheit 451 , has become a part of America's cultural vocabulary. Tom Rath doesn't want anything extraordinary out of life: just a decent home, enough money to support his family, and a career that won't crush his spirit. After returning from World War II, he takes a PR job at a television network. It is inane, dehumanizing work. But when a series of personal crises force him to reexamine his priorities , and take responsibility for his past , he is finally moved to carve out an identity for himself. This is Sloan Wilson's searing indictment of a society that had just begun to lose touch with its citizens. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a classic of American literature and the basis of the award-winning film starring Gregory Peck. " A consequential novel." , Saturday Review