Afternoon in the Jungle

This superb collection signals the long overdue return of Albert Maltz one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted during the McCarthy era to the forefront of American letters. From Afternoon in the Junglean unforgettable glimpse of the brutalization of povertyto the gripping adventure of The Farmer''s Dog Maltz probes deep into the American consciousness displaying a keen outrage at the injustices of poverty prejudice and oppression. Yet throughout he remains true to a central vision of the essential dignity of man.