MORNING NOON AND NIGHT

by Lars Lawrence ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 29, 1954

A montage of the New Mexico town of Reata composes, but does not balance, the forces at work in a mine strike and shifts its focus from worker, to organizer, to Them and to outside interests. The dispossessing of Fernandez leads to his and Ramon's arrest which in turn brings about a protest delegation and an attempt to pack the court, but tear gas breaks up the crowd and veils the murder of the sheriff. The new officer orders wholesale arrests; the foreign section of Cieneguita goes underground; young high school students are recruited for the roundup; a senator fears exposure; a California attorney heads to help; and terror reigns. A class-divided society in which the ignorant are fertile grounds for unionization and party indoctrination and They a symbol of misery and greed and all capitalistic wrongs is presented with lines sharply drawn in favor of the workers and results in a weighted tract, with some sharp shots of violence and inhumanity. Argumentative.

Pub Date: Sept. 29, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Putnam

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1954

Categories: FICTION