What an incredibly BAD book
I tried very hard to like this book, but I did not. It is depressing, dark and sad. Wildly powerful ? Consistently brillant ? Not even close. What could possibly be uplifting about living out of a damn grocery cart, fighting off the "unwashed" dregs of the street. And in the end, the poor smuck "The Man" dies- leaving the poor "boy" an orphan!I read a book to be entertained, learn from history, a biography, and ultimately be uplifted. I don't need a book (and no one else should) that makes me want to slit my wrist - or maybe build a bomb shelter ! Be forwarned.