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The Big Money (U.S.A., #3)

John Dos Passos

Start date: March 1, 2020

Finish date: March 31, 2020

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Apr 23, 2020 Lori rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, literature, z-reviewed, america, roundtable, pre-1950, z-read-2020, zy-text, series

I thought this book hung together better than the others, there was more of a plot. The plot was 'time passes', but that's valid. I think I liked 1919 best.

The ending is depressing.

I can see why Dos Passos is the great writer no one reads any more. He did use a lot of new techniques and wrote about the 'seamy underbelly' including unmarried sex and abortions. However I don't think it aged well. ...more

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