Description: The Waterworks by E.L. Doctorow Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description " An elegant page-turner of nineteenth-century detective fiction."- The Washington Post Book World One rainy morning in 1871 in lower Manhattan, Martin Pemberton a freelance writer, sees in a passing stagecoach several elderly men, one of whom he recognizes as his supposedly dead and buried father. While trying to unravel the mystery, Pemberton disappears, sending McIlvaine, his employer, the editor of an evening paper, in pursuit of the truth behind his freelancer's fate. Layer by layer, McIlvaine reveals a modern metropolis surging with primordial urges and sins, where the Tweed Ring operates the city for its own profit and a conspicuously self-satisfied nouveau-riche ignores the poverty and squalor that surrounds them. In E. L. Doctorow's skilled hands, The Waterworks becomes, in the words of "The New York Times," " a dark moral tale . . . an eloquently troubling evocation of our past."" Startling and spellbinding . . . The waters that lave the narrative all run to the great confluence, where the deepest issues of life and death are borne along on the swift, sure vessel of [Doctorow' s] poetic imagination."- "The New York Times Book Review" " Hypnotic . . . a dazzling romp, an extraordinary read, given strength and grace by the telling, by the poetic voice and controlled cynical lyricism of its streetwise and world-weary narrator."- "The Philadelphia Inquirer" " A gem of a novel, intimate as chamber music . . . a thriller guaranteed to leave readers with residual chills and shudders."- "Boston Sunday Herald" " Enthralling . . . a storyof debauchery and redemption that is spellbinding from first page to last."- "Chicago Sun-Times" " An immense, extraordinary achievement.""- San Francisco Chronicle" Publisher Description "An elegant page-turner of nineteenth-century detective fiction."–The Washington Post Book WorldOne rainy morning in 1871 in lower Manhattan, Martin Pemberton a freelance writer, sees in a passing stagecoach several elderly men, one of whom he recognizes as his supposedly dead and buried father. While trying to unravel the mystery, Pemberton disappears, sending McIlvaine, his employer, the editor of an evening paper, in pursuit of the truth behind his freelancers fate. Layer by layer, McIlvaine reveals a modern metropolis surging with primordial urges and sins, where the Tweed Ring operates the city for its own profit and a conspicuously self-satisfied nouveau-riche ignores the poverty and squalor that surrounds them. In E. L. Doctorows skilled hands, The Waterworks becomes, in the words of The New York Times, "a dark moral tale . . . an eloquently troubling evocation of our past.""Startling and spellbinding . . . The waters that lave the narrative all run to the great confluence, where the deepest issues of life and death are borne along on the swift, sure vessel of [Doctorows] poetic imagination."–The New York Times Book Review"Hypnotic . . . a dazzling romp, an extraordinary read, given strength and grace by the telling, by the poetic voice and controlled cynical lyricism of its streetwise and world-weary narrator."–The Philadelphia Inquirer"A gem of a novel, intimate as chamber music . . . a thriller guaranteed to leave readers with residual chills and shudders."–Boston Sunday Herald"Enthralling . . . a story of debauchery and redemption that is spellbinding from first page to last."–Chicago Sun-Times"An immense, extraordinary achievement."–San Francisco Chronicle Author Biography E. L. Doctorows works of fiction include Welcome to Hard Times, The Book of Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake, Worlds Fair, Billy Bathgate, The Waterworks, City of God, The March, Homer & Langley, and Andrews Brain. Among his honors are the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle awards, two PEN/Faulkner awards, and the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal. In 2009 he was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, honoring a writers lifetime achievement in fiction, and in 2012 he won the PEN/ Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, given to an author whose "scale of achievement over a sustained career places him in the highest rank of American literature." In 2013 the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the Gold Medal for Fiction. In 2014 he was honored with the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Details ISBN 0812978196 ISBN-13 9780812978193 Title The Waterworks Author E.L. Doctorow Format Paperback Year 2007 Pages 272 Publisher Random House USA Inc GE_Item_ID:9299593; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! 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ISBN-13: 9780812978193
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Book Title: Waterworks : a Novel
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Topic: Thrillers / Suspense, Literary, Historical
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 7.2 Oz
Author: E. L. Doctorow
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback