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The Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel
Author: E.L. Doctorow, author of Ragtime
One of the great novels of our time, The Book of Daniel explodes with the passion of a hero's rage with life. In the silence of the library at Columbia University, where he is supposedly writing a Ph.D. dissertation, Daniel Isaacson composes something quite different....
ISBN-13: 9780553121001
ISBN-10: 0553121006
Publication Date: 1979
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Publisher: Random House / Bantam Book
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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The astonishing novel about a young man whose parents were executed for espionage by the US government - and about the America he struggles to understand.. "Every scene is perfectly realized and every part feeds into the whole - the themes and symbols echoing and reverberating." (Newsweek)
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pindari avatar reviewed The Book of Daniel on + 38 more book reviews
This was a challenging read. The way the author has organized the development of the plot left me struggling to keep up, but the feeling is intense and the political message is applicable today. I was often not in sympathy with any of the characters either, which makes it easy to put down, but something about it always made me pick it back up.
Isabel-Batteria avatar reviewed The Book of Daniel on + 70 more book reviews
Excellently written. This is a Signet edition.