kb_208 's review for:

The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

4.0

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A non fiction book from Orwell that may seem out of date nowadays, but these labor problems still exist in the world. He travels to mining towns in the north of England to see how people are living. It's not very luxurious for sure. They are living on mere shillings a week if they have work at all. The miner's work conditions are to the point where it's hard to imagine they will make it to the next day. The second part of the book gets a little dry with him critiquing socialism and telling how it is the only way to fight fascism. That part drags a little. Otherwise a pretty good read.