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Socialist authors / novels? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by sexywheat@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I've started getting some holiday gifts for my family and I'd like to pick my dad up some left-leaning novels.

He reads a lot, and is a left-leaning boomer but also really liked Obama (ewww cringe).

For his birthday I picked him up " Three Penny Novel " by Brecht, but I realised that I don't know of any other socialist fiction authors other than Brecht (everything else he wrote were plays, so not really reading-friendly).

Any of you able to recommend me some socialist-influenced works of fiction/novels that I could pick him up?

Thanks :fidel-salute:

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[โ€“] NauticalNoodle@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Anything by Upton Sinclair. A lot of people will argue for The Jungle, but King Coal spoke a lot to me once I found myself living in a company-run community for a time. Also, I'd argue the Socialist theme comes out like an after-thought in The Jungle, it's still an excellent novel, though.

Oil! just entered the public domain in the U.S. recently. It was the the basis for the movie There Will Be Blood

[โ€“] sexywheat@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

No idea how you managed to find my 2 year old post, but thanks for the recommendation comrade!