About this title: Doctorow's 1980 novel is experimental in style and structure. The story--an exploration of the validity of the American dream, set during the Depression--is told not in a straight line but in concentric circles--like ripples on a lake.
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Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: MacMillan
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780330288507ISBN:0330288504
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780330264266ISBN:0330264265
Description: Good. Paperback, lightly toned but otherwise good condition. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780333306413ISBN:0333306414
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition. 1st edition Cloth hardback in a lightly rubbed and bumped dust jacket. Clean and tight with minor wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MacMillan and Co, London
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780333520031ISBN:0333520033
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Tightly bound with contents clean and bright, good overall condition, we post daily from our UK warehouse, if you have any questions or require images then please don't hesitate to contact us for an immediate courteous response. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780394506913ISBN:039450691X
Description: NF in Poor jacket. Complete number line. Price clipped. Dust jacket is flawed. Covered in mylar. Books are shipped in padded envelopes, or boxes, for multiple orders. Shipping insurance, if requested, is provided by USPS at an extra charge. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780553200270ISBN:0553200275
Description: Good. Used-Good. May have wear, creases, small tears, reader's crease, name, store stamps or tanning. Text clean, binding tight. Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
"Wonderfully written and sometimes overly strange, but even the strange bits seem to loop together and make a generally sensible story. I was always fascinated to read on and find out how some seemingly unrelated bit would be revealed as integral to the story and the already existing characters.
Love the detail, Doctorow writes so well, in my opinion, that one could just read a paragraph and feel satisfaction."
"I never thought I'd like "Ragtime." But I did, I really did. So I thought I would love Loon Lake, but I really didn't. I kind of hated it. I kind of didn't finish it."
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