A Companion to Marx's GrundrisseWhen leading scholar of Marx, Roman Rosdolsky, first encountered the virtually unknown text of Marx's Grundrissehis preparatory work for his masterpiece Das Capitalin the 1950s in New York Public Library, he recognized it as "a work of fundamental importance," but declared "its unusual form" and "obscure manner of expression, made it far from suitable for reaching a wide circle of readers." David Harvey's Companion to Marx's Grundrisse builds upon his