* "Written out of hate." — [[Granville Hicks]], ''[[The New York Times]]''. Leiendecker notes that Hicks was, at the time of the publication of the novel, a spokesman for the [[Communist Party]] of [[New York State]]. | * "Written out of hate." — [[Granville Hicks]], ''[[The New York Times]]''. Leiendecker notes that Hicks was, at the time of the publication of the novel, a spokesman for the [[Communist Party]] of [[New York State]]. |