Read here the reviews of these ‘novels that pack a political’ punch by our comrade David Grove:
Novels that pack a political punch
Katharine Susannah Prichard’s trilogy
I’m sure some readers have noticed that all ten novels I’ve recommended so far in this series have been written by men. Sadly, that’s because I wasn’t aware of any […] Read more »
‘A Scots Quair’ by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Another trilogy covering the first half of the twentieth century and centred on the life of one woman – but written by a man. Like Prichard, Gibbon describes social change […] Read more »
‘The Eyes of Reason’ by Stefan Heym
If you look up Czechoslovakia in Wikipedia you’ll read that the Communists “seized power” in 1948. That phrase suggests a violent upheaval or at best some anti-democratic action. The actual […] Read more »