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In reply to the discussion: What are you reading the week of January 1, 2012? [View all]YankeyMCC
(8,401 posts)8. The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London
I'm working my way through a collection of his works. I find myself having to recommit with each chapter in the last few novels, and slog through the racism of the characters. I feel now like I should finish because there are many of his stories I enjoy and I like the style of story telling (among other styles I like), I want to get the full sense of who Mr London was or at least what he was really trying to convey about race if anything.
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