A review by skosiba
The Octopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris

4.0

Many of my students were not all that thrilled with this (they thought it boring) and Norris does take a few hundred pages before the book gains momentum. But he does endings really well (just don't look for a happy ending) and the last few chapters are pretty interesting and fast paced. I'm surprised there has never been a movie version of this book (other than a 1915 silent version that I'm not sure ever really saw the light of day).