《残酷的金钱》是法国作家乔治·阿尔诺的一部现实主义作品。它描写了一批集中在危地马拉某港口的外籍失业工人求生的艰辛,他们为了活命,不得不冒险给美资石油公司运送炸药,最后全部惨死于途中。故事情节紧凑,笔力雄劲。 “Cruel money” is a realist piece by French writer George Arnault. It described the hardships of a group of foreign-born unemployed workers who were concentrated in a port in Guatemala. In order to survive, they had to venture to deliver explosives to the U.S.-funded oil companies and eventually all died in the tragedy. The story is compact and energetic.