Posted by Mike Dennis on July 15, 2010 at 22:37:34 user MTD.
In Reply to: Re: AR's optimism posted by andyb on July 12, 2010 at 14:13:00:
Contrived plot!!
I think you can throw that criticism at many of the books. Though they are an excellent snapshot of 1930s life, of course some aspects of the plot will have to be 'contrived'.