The Neglected Mr. X

Book excerpt: In densely populated places, poverty emanated from adjacent huts. The tin shades were made up and a temporary water transport was on one side, but the gutters were clogged on the other. There used to be a constant ruckus somewhere in the area, with people abusing one another with filthy language, crossing all boundaries of civility, revealing the secrets of the genital reproductive process, and publicly uttering the species' primitive lust—abusive words! In terms of progress and civility, what can we expect from life? The novel’s core is the history of the labor movement and the aftermath of black reality. The novel does not depict pure reality, but also the story of people's lives and struggles at the heart of that reality. That reality cannot be overlooked, even for a moment, when entering the story. The author creates this novel by powerfully utilizing this reality, and this reality has contributed to its success.