Almost Beautiful: the death in El Centro of Nathanael West, one of America’s most mordant authors Fifteen minutes ago, a bit after 2:30, they started driving north from the grand, desert-white De Anza Hotel in …
January 14, 2023
Those on Highway 80 had the right-of-way. West’s Ford wagon was going north on California Highway 111 when West ran the boulevard stop sign and hit Dowless’s sedan.
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Nathanael West killed near El Centro