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reviewed Nostromo by Joseph Conrad (Penguin twentieth-century classics series)

A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a …

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For a novel that plods grimly towards an inevitable tragic conclusion, this book has a marvelously light touch (especially for its age), fantastic language, and characters that keep you hoping that this time they'll get away (spoiler: not a chance pal, but you knew that already.)