Eric Schmidt’s Reviews > The Mayor of Casterbridge > Status Update

Not my favorite Thomas Hardy so far - but there's a richness of personalities here (at least the male centerpieces of the novel) that is extremely useful for conceptualizing political conflict. And for grasping that political conflict and personal conflict are sometimes indistinguishable. Not saying Trump is Michael Herchard, but he's damn close - and that means his supporters are damn closer....