EAN: 9780143039631

PENGUIN CLASSICS IN DUBIOUS BATTLE - JOHN STE...

A riveting novel of labor strife and apocalyptic violence  now a major motion picture starring
James Franco  Bryan Cranston  Selena Gomez  and Zach Braff  A Penguin Classic   At once a
relentlessly fast-paced  admirably observed novel of social unrest and the story of a young
man's struggle for identity  In Dubious Battle is set in the California apple country  where a
strike by migrant workers against rapacious landowners spirals out of control  as a principled
defiance metamorphoses into blind fanaticism. Caught in the upheaval is Jim Nolan  a once
aimless man who find himself in the course of the strike  briefly becomes its leader  and is
ultimately crushed in its service.  For more than seventy years  Penguin has been the leading
publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1 700 titles 
Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across
genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by
introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors  as well as
up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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