In Dubious Battle

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In Dubious Battle

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Part of Penguin Modern Classics series

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Features Jim Nolan, disenfranchised and alone, his family destroyed by the system. Desperate to find his place in the world, Jim joins the Communist Party and becomes entangled in a strike of migrant workers which spirals out of control, unflinchingly detailing the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob.

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In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck

Both a fast-paced story of social unrest and strike, and the tale of one young man's struggle for identity, IN DUBIOUS BATTLE is a novel about the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob. Set in California apple country, a strike by migrant workers spirals out of control, as principled defiance turns into blind fanaticism. Caught in this upheaval is Jim Nolan, a once aimless man who finds himself briefly becoming the leader of the strike before being crushed in its service. IN DUBIOUS BATTLE explores and dramatises many of the ideas and themes key to Steinbeck's writing.
Nobel-Prize winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works will be available in Penguin Modern Classics
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ISBN 13 9780141186023
ISBN 10 014118602X
Title In Dubious Battle
Author John Steinbeck
Series Penguin Modern Classics
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2001-01-18
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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