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Persuasive path to class consciousness
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The Litten Path
by James Clarke
(Salt, £9.99)
FRAMED by a sequence of betrayals, The Litten Path is a story of unequal class struggle.
The geographical co-ordinates of the novel are tightly drawn — the Yorkshire mining village of Litten, the semi-derelict Threndle House on its outskirts and the Orgreave coking plant.
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