The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit

'The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit,' Sloan Wilson's 1955 bestseller, is a timely -- and timeless -- suburban story.

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June 4, 2003, 10:00 AM PDT

"Tom and Betsy are fictional, the couple at the center of Sloan Wilson's 1955 bestseller, 'The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.' For a day or two last week, they reappeared briefly in news accounts of Wilson's death... But happiness eludes the Raths. 'We shouldn't be so discontented all the time,' Betsy tells Tom."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: A timely - and timeless - suburban story

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 in The Christian Science Monitor

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