1919

1919 by John Dos Passos

1919 is an interesting amalgamation of stuff. There are a few stories of characters. Most of the focus is on the working class characters with an attraction to Marxists. They live their lives. They don't tend to do anything special (though they may show up near significant events.) There are interspersed factual events and "multimedia dumps." Stylistically, it feels ahead of its time. There is enough attention to detail to the locations to make it feel accurate. I felt enough sympathy with the characters to want to continue to read their escapades, but not enough to want more.