A World to Win

by Jack Conroy

"Written in the full heat of the Great Depression, Jack Conroy'sA World to Winbears the marks of the labor struggles and union strikes he witnessed in the early 1930s. Like Dickens, Conroy evokes compassion and warmth for his absurd, comic, tragic characters through caricature, using parody to extract humor from their gray, circumscribed lives.Set in St. Louis, the narrative centers on Leo and Robert Hurley, two half brothers who are divided by education...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252069277
• ISBN13: 9780252069277
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.0"