We're reading Jack Maggs by Peter Carey in my Dickens class. Yikes. A great read, but very blatant. Dickens seems to gloss over the poverty, the sex, the homosexuality, the abortion issues, incest, etc, etc., etc. Man all mighty. Let me tell you when you get done with this, happiness overflows. Ugh, sludge. Don't get me wrong, very good.
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