In Dubious Battle

A riveting novel of labor strife and apocalyptic violence, now a major motion picture starring James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Selena Gomez, and Zach Braff

At once a relentlessly fast-paced, admirably observed novel of social unrest and the story of a young man's struggle for identity, In Dubious Battle is set in the California apple country, where a strike by migrant workers against rapacious landowners spirals out of control, as a principled defiance metamorphoses into blind fanaticism. Caught in the upheaval is Jim Nolan, a once aimless man who find himself in the course of the strike, briefly becomes its leader, and is ultimately crushed in its service.

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Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 05/30/2006
ISBN: 9780143039631
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.04w x 0.59d

Review Citations: Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 191
Village Voice 08/13/2008 pg. 20

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 58700 / In Dubious Battle
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 14