It's been a long time since I read that one. Maybe "The Jungle" was a little more disturbing because it was real, not fiction. At least it had the benefit of leading to better food and worker safety regulations.

A couple of scenes in "The Road" (you will know which ones) are still bothering me months later.

>Is it as grim as The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Thats my grimmest book read up to now.
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>>That'll put a smile on your face!
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>>It's very good, and well deserving of the award it won. (The Pulitzer Prize for fiction last year, which is sort of our version of the Booker Prize). But what a grim book.
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>>>Hi John
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>>>just bought The Road yesterday.
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>>>>Million Dollar Baby is another good example.