Publisher's Synopsis
Socialist Frank Owen believes that the capitalist system is the source of the poverty engulfing those around him. His co-workers can't even rely on their own thoughts and bow to their "betters." Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering. A political work, it is regarded as a classic of working-class literature and placed in the 2003 The Big Read survey conducted by the BBC.
