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- Author: E L Doctorow
- Publisher: Random House Trade
- ISBN-10: 0812978218
- ISBN-13: 9780812978216
- Format: 13.4 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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The hero of this dazzling novel by American master E. L. Doctorow is Joe, a young man on the run in the depths of the Great Depression. A late-summer night finds him alone and shivering beside a railroad track in the Adirondack mountains when a private railcar passes. Brightly lit windows reveal well-dressed men at a table and, in another compartment, a beautiful girl holding up a white dress before her naked form. Joe will follow the track to the mysterious estate at Loon Lake, where he finds the girl along with a tycoon, an aviatrix, a drunken poet, and a covey of gangsters. Here Joe's fate will play out in this powerful story of ambition, aggression, and identity. Loon Lake is another stunning achievement of this acclaimed author.
"Powerful . . . [a] complex and haunting meditation on modern American history."-The New York Times "A genuine thriller . . . a marvelous exploration of the complexities and contradictions of the American dream . . . Not under any circumstances would we reveal the truly shattering climax."
-The Dallas Morning News
"A dazzling performance . . . [Loon Lake] anatomizes America with insight, passion, and inventiveness."
-The Washington Post Book World "Hypnotic . . . tantalizes long after it has ended."
-Time "Compelling . . . brilliantly done."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A masterpiece."
-Chicago Sun-Times
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- Author: E L Doctorow
- Publisher: Random House Trade
- ISBN-10: 0812978218
- ISBN-13: 9780812978216
- Format: 13.4 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
The hero of this dazzling novel by American master E. L. Doctorow is Joe, a young man on the run in the depths of the Great Depression. A late-summer night finds him alone and shivering beside a railroad track in the Adirondack mountains when a private railcar passes. Brightly lit windows reveal well-dressed men at a table and, in another compartment, a beautiful girl holding up a white dress before her naked form. Joe will follow the track to the mysterious estate at Loon Lake, where he finds the girl along with a tycoon, an aviatrix, a drunken poet, and a covey of gangsters. Here Joe's fate will play out in this powerful story of ambition, aggression, and identity. Loon Lake is another stunning achievement of this acclaimed author.
"Powerful . . . [a] complex and haunting meditation on modern American history."-The New York Times "A genuine thriller . . . a marvelous exploration of the complexities and contradictions of the American dream . . . Not under any circumstances would we reveal the truly shattering climax."
-The Dallas Morning News
"A dazzling performance . . . [Loon Lake] anatomizes America with insight, passion, and inventiveness."
-The Washington Post Book World "Hypnotic . . . tantalizes long after it has ended."
-Time "Compelling . . . brilliantly done."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A masterpiece."
-Chicago Sun-Times
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