The Rat Race
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About the author
Jay Franklin (Franklin, Jay, 1897–1967) was an American journalist and columnist who published commentary under the pen name "Jay Franklin." Only one of his works is held in this collection, The Rat Race. Because public information is limited, details of his life and his full body of work are difficult to set out in full; the available facts nonetheless confirm that he was long active in news and commentary writing, and that the pen name itself served as the identity under which he addressed the public. The title The Rat Race carries a satirical suggestion of a fiercely competitive, exhausting social condition, which fits the outlook of a columnist concerned with reality and current affairs. Overall, his writing appeared mainly in newspapers and periodicals, was practical in style and aimed at a general readership, and occupied a place in the journalistic commentary of his time; his influence survives chiefly through his columns and this single work, and merits a brief introduction in Chinese.
