Contempo, this American tempo

"A brilliant and satirical comment upon the dynamic forces in American civilization that have made it unique and dangerous to itself. In short sketches viibrating with a sharp staccato tempo, symbolic of an American riviting machine, Mr. Vassos makes living things of electricity, advertising, skyscrapers, the subway, prohibition, the radio, psychologia, air conquest, sports, the movies, the tabloids, modern art, etc. -- Dust jacket.