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Old 10-07-2011, 01:55 PM   #463
Bilbo1967
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Actually, you're not that far off. This book did have a big impact on revising financial systems in the U.S.

In my opinion the author is one of the greatest authors of the 20th century. He ranks right up there with Hemingway, Faulkner, Joyce, and Woolf (and I don't even care for Faulkner, Joyce, and Woolf).
Couldn't agree more - one of my favourite authors and this is one of my favourite novels.

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Oh, I'll bet it's Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath!
Correct. Well done Tom, take it away.
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