Many of the novels metioned so far I have not read properly, only skimmed or know the outline of the story. However the opening post from John Simkin instantly brought back John Steinbecks "Travels with Charlie" (autobiography) and the news coverage of the the harassment of the children going to school in Ireland.
How littlepeople change!
I did read all I could get hold of in my school library by Jack London, and remember very vividly a short story from his "Alaskan period" about an over the hill boxer.
