A review by peebee
The People of the Abyss by Jack London

5.0

Way more ballsy than Barbara Ehrenreich, way less ballsy than George Orwell. He doesn't get caught up in this wishy-washy just-the-facts objectivity thing that's making the rounds. He gets mad, and that goes into the book. He's a socialist and that goes into the book. Of course, he also left himself an escape hatch which he uses constantly. His stories are basically, after decompressing, he goes back under for a visit to a spike, or a lodging house or a trip around town after dark and runs back to his nice place on the outskirts of the slum when it gets to be too much for him. Orwell lived it every day for a period of months, if not years, and actually starved for lack of anything to do for money. Still a great book to beat a banker over the head with.