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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
It's not important (anymore). It's an unrelenting horrorshow without even gallows humor to redeem it. I guess it's interesting as an example of writing a book about one thing only to have your readership mistake it as a book about a different thing. But we already had the Bible for that.
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Still, if you read it as a kid there are scenes you never forget.
It's also a good read for learning what a shit-show the immigrant experience could be.
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