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Book Club of the Air: "The Jungle"

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From: Talk of the Nation (NPR)
Date: 19980924
Author:Ray Suarez, Bob Edwards

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RAY SUAREZ, HOST: This is TALK OF THE NATION'S BOOK CLUB OF THE AIR. I'm Ray Suarez.

People are looking for seats in the virtual living room, at 800- 989- 8255. That's 800-989-TALK.

The BOOK CLUB pick for September is "The Jungle," by Upton Sinclair. Sinclair's critique of the new industrial urban world awaiting immigrants from Europe at the turn of the century shocked many Americans, and led to the reform of food inspection laws. As striking as the book is polemic, a work born of Sinclair's deep political passions, how good is it as literature?

BOB ...

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