Let It Come Down (novel)
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 First edition (US) | |
| Author | Paul Bowles |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Random House (US) John Lehmann (UK) |
Publication date | 1952 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 318 |
Let It Come Down is Paul Bowles's second novel, first published in 1952.[1][2]
Explanation of the novel's title
A dark, even bleak, novel, Let It Come Down follows American Nelson Dyar as he arrives in the International Zone of Tangier, Morocco to begin a new job and a new life. Dyar's exploration of the brothels, drugs and unsavoury characters of Tangier leads him gradually, logically, to a sinister conclusion.[citation needed]
Bowles took the book's title from Macbeth III.3, just before Banquo is murdered:
- Banquo: It will be rain to-night.
- 1st. Murd.: Let it come down.
- (They set upon Banquo.)
The author has described the line as an ‘admirable four-word sentence, succinct and brutal’.[citation needed]
