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The stars look down by aj cronin6/28/2023 ![]() The early tragedy of the disaster at the mine in which the hero’s father is killed, is described very graphically, almost unbearably. But though it could be a story of clichés, because the main characters are complex and feel very deeply, the reader follows the inevitable outcome to the end.Īt first I found the unremitting poverty of the families of the miners on strike very hard to read about but gradually the strong plot and interesting characters began to interest me.Ĭronin’s gift for description made the world, both the hardness of the miners’ lives and the opulence of the wealthy, come alive. ![]() It shows the difficulty of escaping such a life and the dishonesty and deceit of those who put money first. It lays bare the poverty and danger of the lives of miners in the North-East where the mines run under the sea. It’s the Poor what gets the blame but it is much more than this. This book if expressed simplistically might be expressed in the words of the old Music Hall song – It’s the same the whole world over… ![]()
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