The Winter of Our Discontent
Ratings30
Average rating3.8
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Ratings30
Average rating3.8
Steinbeck's last great novel focuses on the theme of success and what motivates men towards it. Reflecting back on his New England family's past fortune, and his father's loss of the family wealth, the hero, Ethan Allen Hawley, characterises successin every era and in all its forms as robbery, murder, even a kind of combat, operating under 'the laws of controlled savagery.'
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A very slow start led to interesting developments in which all of those details from the start were relevant and necessary. I ended up being gripped by the end and can see why this is such a lauded book.
“Does anyone ever know even the outer fringe of another? What are you like in there? Who are you in there?
It took me a bit to get into this one, but I'm glad I pushed through. It explores the tension between legality and morality and will leave you questioning what being a “good man” means. A great read.
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