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Word: midnovel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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John Brown Heat. By midnovel, Traven has piled atrocity upon atrocity, and the doctrinaire is in full command. The villainous capitalist is playing the old, old game of raping Candido's sister. He is also happily chopping off the ears of Candido and one of his little sons. As for the workers, they are beginning to make such set speeches as: "Over the whole country the fire is spreading, the first flames are rising everywhere . . . Down with the dictatorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Candido & the Capitalists | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

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