Four novels of the 1940s & 50s

"The road through the wall reveals the hatreds and crimes hidden behind a California suburb's picture-perfect facades. Hangsaman is a psychological thriller in which a college student's loneliness takes a sinister turn. In the Bird's nest, a young office worker's multiple personalities for predominance. And in the Sundial, ... an eccentric clan sheltering at home makes increasingly deranged preparations for the apocalypse"--Back of cover of dust jacket.