Germinal

by Emile Zola
Thirteenth of the Rougon Macquart and probably the most well known.
This was a great read with some of Zola's most memorable crowd scenes as the striking miners protest and rampage. You are drawn in to the terror of group action. The book also portrays the disconnect between the working class and the bourgeoisie that doesn't seem a million miles from the position in the Paris suburbs today. A great book. 9/10

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