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Post by Moose on Oct 4, 2021 20:34:58 GMT
I am rereading Uptown Sinclair's The Jungle, which is an account of immigrant families trying to survive in the US in the early twentieth century. Although fictitious, it is reputedly based on genuine knowledge of the life that such people were forced to live.
One thing that truly stands out is the account of the meat industry at this time, in which many of the family in the novel worked. It is truly stomach churning reading, not just the exploitation that the workers experienced (along with horrendous health and safety standards which apparently saw some workers rendered into lard after falling into vats - I really want to believe that this is not true but I've seen it validated elsewhere so perhaps it is) but the tactics that were used to foist bad meat onto the populace.
I don't want to moralise but God, we're lucky. I'd recommend this novel to anyone who wants a sobering read.
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Post by Moose on Oct 27, 2021 21:20:54 GMT
Oh come on, it's not THAT boring.
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Post by JoeP on Oct 27, 2021 22:25:01 GMT
*checks pile of books I still have to read*
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Post by Kye on Oct 27, 2021 22:43:59 GMT
I don't want a sobering read...
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Post by Moose on Oct 29, 2021 18:24:21 GMT
Haha I am rereading Hannibal right now
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