And after finding Lord Jim almost unreadable, I somehow decided to read one more book by Conrad, and picking Nostromo was a really good shout.
It had a number of the sea-faring plotlines that I grew to love in other Conrad novels, coupled with discussions of honour and loyalty (and, well, Italianness?!?) that are somewhat timeless.
The reader grows to love Nostromo despite - or perhaps because of? - his personal faults and feels for the little recognition he receives, yet at the same time his ultimate fate feels somewhat fitting, if perhaps not fair.
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