Osjećaji i duša državotvornog Lowella Schmaltza

Lewis's satirical work the Man Who Knew Coolidge: Being the Soul of Lowell Schmaltz, Constructive and Nordic Citizen from 1928. The book consists of six long monologues delivered by Lowell Schmaltz, a traveling stationery salesman from Zenith (a fictional town that also appears in Babbitt's novel).

Schmaltz is a caricature of the American middle class – self-absorbed, overly patriotic, superficial, racist, and obsessed with "business philosophy". He speaks enthusiastically about everything from President Calvin Coolidge (whom he "knows" personally), to American democracy, automobiles, the Rotary Club, the Nordic race, and the advantages of the American way of life over "degenerate" Europe.

Here, Lewis uses the monologue form to masterfully parody the speech, thinking, and values ​​of the American middle class in the 1920s. Schmaltz's tirades are both funny and terrifying, exposing the shallowness, aggressive patriotism, materialism, and hypocrisy of the so-called "constructive citizen".

Although shorter and less well-known than Babbitt or Main Street, this work is considered one of Lewis's purest satires. It captured the spirit of the "Roaring Twenties" and American Boosterism (exaggerated praise of everything domestic) with almost documentary precision. Critics often describe him as "Babbitta in monologue".

The Croatian edition of Binoza appeared in the early 1930s and was part of a wave of translations of American critical prose in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Today, this edition is relatively rare on the antique market, especially with a cover.