The Fantasy of Glamour and the Reality of Percarity

Happy Hour is neither agitprop nor merely a lightweight novel about up-to-date lifestyle flappers. It is a clever story about two young women who came to New York City for cocktails and adventure and indeed found an ample supply. Yet, they also found out firsthand how the rich get rich and keep getting richer by being predatory and exploitative thugs, no matter what mask they hide under -- they use you even when you believe that you are using them.