Synopsis
Ayn Rand's bestseller tells the story of a staunchly individualist architect (based on Frank Lloyd Wright) who combats the collectivist (i.e., mediocre) impulses of his fellow Americans. The book is both a compulsively readable, steamy novel and an articulation of Rand's views.

Details
Publication Date:	1996-08-01
Edition Description:	Anniversary

Size
Height:	7.0 in
Width:	4.3 in
Thickness:	1.5 in
Weight:	12.0 oz

Publisher's Note
Howard Roark is an architect whose genius and integrity will not be comprised. He has ideas that work against conventional standards.

Industry Reviews
"As for Ayn Rand's 'The Fountainhead', seven hundred and fifty-four pages of pure beef, it could stop a tank. From what I gather, Ayn Rand could stop a tank."
New Yorker - Anthony Lane

"When 'The Fountainhead' was published, almost every critic that reviewed it missed a point--that the welfare of society must always be subordinate to individual's self-interest. Rather than dealing with this theme of ego, most of the reviewers treated it as a Big Book, and treated it badly."
New York Times Book Review - Nora Ephron (05/05/1968)