Gary Peterson’s Reviews > The 42nd Parallel > Status Update
Gary Peterson
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Mac an uncouth and unprincipled bum. A hard protagonist to warm up to and cheer along. Bill the labor rabble rouser with a sad end another impossible protagonist. The Newsreels and Camera Eye interruptions are increasingly irksome and irrelevant (often Dos Passos' excuse to indulge in doggerel verse). Too early in the three-book saga to contemplate quitting. Committed to completing this opening salvo.
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Gary Peterson
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Off to a great start. I wished Dos Passos put a year on the beginning. 1900? There's a ten-year time skip after they arrive in Chicago. The Newsreel interludes are kinda random, but I'm confident at some point they will tie into main narrative. Eager to get back into it!
— Jun 03, 2026 08:23AM
