Ward K. (koalabearkid) reviewed on + 215 more book reviews
In the depression of the 1930's, a tempestuous young man from Paterson, New Jersey, who has been both a hobo and a carnival roustabout, finds himself lsot one night besdie a single-track railroad in the Adirondack Mountains. A private train goes by, ablaze with lights. He follows it as if it were a vision--and so comes to Loon Lake, the hidden wilderness estate of one of the country's richest men. Here he encounters a great-hearted poet-drunkard, a willful, beautiful young girl, a gangster, a world-famous aviatrix, and the ineffable master of Loon Lake himself. Quite a masterpiece at holding ones interest glued to the pages, E. L. Doctorow presents a magical view of American life and passions.
