In an early scene in this novel, the elite Edward Stacpoole pushes the protagonist's sister, Madge, into a mud puddle.
In an early scene in this novel, the elite Edward Stacpoole pushes the protagonist's sister, Madge, into a mud puddle. The protagonist is in love with Bonny Fern and his friend, Rollie Weems, is killed when his car hits a streetlight. The protagonist of this novel is Larry Donovan, who grows up on the Monkey Nest coal mine camp and who avoids service in World War I before losing his job during the Depression. Its author would write the similar A World to Win two years later and would found the literary magazine The Anvil. For 10 points, name this proletarian novel, possibly the best known work of Jack Conroy.
In an early scene in this novel, the elite Edward Stacpoole pushes the protagonist's sister, Madge, into a mud puddle.
The Disinherited