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Title: A must NOT read
Review: The reason this book is not well known by London readers is because it stinks. It appears to be a juvenile effort by London at a very early time in his career when he had not yet nailed down his mastery of description or characterization. I finished up Martin Eden the day before and was starving for some more London, preferably an adventure tale such as South Sea Tales. When I went to the bookstore I was excited to find a novel based on the Klondike and was able to get through about 3 chapters before I realized that I was forcing myself to read only because it was a work by London. The descriptions of incidents are choppy and bland, the conversations are dull and forced, and the manner in which London moves from scene to scene leaves the reader thinking wait, did two pages just get stuck together and I missed something??If you want to read off the beaten path London I suggest you read John Barleycorn (amazing, I felt the heat from the coal furnace) or South Sea Tales.
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