In this brilliantly experimental trilogy, Dos Passos uses 'Camera Eye' and 'Newsreel' sections to create a fragmented yet naturalistic atmosphere. Through the testimony of numerous characters, both fictional and historical figures, he builds up a composite picture of American society in the first quarter of the twentieth century.Richly detailed and throbbing with vitality, U.S.A. vividly evokes that uncertain period when America, so full of ideals and potential, was slowly and painfully abandoning the Great American Dream.