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Book Review of Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
Author: Erskine Caldwell
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


Set during the depression, it is the story of the Lesters, a family of white sharecroppers so destitute that most of their creditors have given up on them. Debased by poverty to an elemental state of ignorance and selfishness, the Lesters are preoccupied by their hunger, sexual longings, and fear.