McTeague by Frank Norris

I have recently finished my fourth reading of this neglected American classic: the reason for its neglect being because it scandalised Americans when it appeared in 1899 through its description of the dark side of human nature that contrasted unfavourably with the more genteel novels of Louisa May Alcott, and Booth Tarkington etc.
The eponymous protagonist is a quack dentist whose 'Dental Parlo

McTeague by Frank Norris