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

3.0

Read this in HS, re-read as I'm doing with a bunch of "classics," this and The Jungle are two timeless novels about American history that will resonate forever (in a good way insofar as "the more things change," in a bad way insofar as "the more they remain the same"). Wonderfully written, grindingly depressing.