In Dubious Battle | Characters
Two characters dominate this book: veteran Communist Party worker Mac, and his protégé, Jim Nolan. Mac displays all the characteristics of the dedicated Party man: unswervingly loyal to the Party's aims, selfless in his service to the cause, willing to use any circumstance to further the Party's ends. Beneath his tough exterior, however, he has some sensitivity for the people he exploits, and occasionally he lets his emotions overcome the calculated reason which he knows must dominate his actions if he is to be successful in bringing about the system to which he is openly committed....
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