A good yarn, and at times deeply moving, which gained in its poignancy and tragic power by being, oh so sadly, still relevant. The heartlessness of those who have towards those whose Labour gave them their wealth is happening now. The wastrel politicians who achieve nothing, but take everything with total disregard for ‘the people’, of whom they have no understanding at all are our politicians. The contempt unfairly and without warrant shown to the ‘hands’ (think ‘Human Resources’ to find the contemporary dehumanisation of working people) is the same as the disregard employers still have for their staff.
So a depressing read, albeit a work of literary brilliance.