All of the action takes place in and around Magnus Derrick's Rancho de los Muertos where wheat growing land is surrounded and metaphorically suffocated by Behrman's railroad tracks.
The weirdest part of this novel may be the violation of Angele by a character known only as "the Other." As it ends a young poet from the East, Presley, visits Shelgrim to determine what could have motivated the heartless business practices that drove farmers like Broderson, Osterman, and Annixter out of business. All of the action takes place in and around Magnus Derrick's Rancho de los Muertos where wheat growing land is surrounded and metaphorically suffocated by Behrman's railroad tracks.FTP identify this 1901 work subtitled "A Story of California," a story with a tentacled title written by Frank Norris.
The weirdest part of this novel may be the violation of Angele by a character known only as "the Other."
The Octopus