A Working-Class Perspective on Responding to Pandemic and the Value of Labor: Timothy Sheard’s “One Foot in the Grave,” a Hospital Mystery Novel

Tim Libretti, PhD
9 min readJul 8, 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic, it is now commonly observed, has drawn into relief, and indeed exacerbated, the various layers of inequality already fragmenting culture and society in the United States.

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Tim Libretti, PhD

Professor of Literature, Political Economy enthusiast, Dad, always thinking about the optimal world