About this title: Set in 1871, in post-Civil War New York, where maimed veterans beg in the streets and a self-satisfied class of new wealth and weak intellect glitters in this setting of mass misery. One morning a young man walking down Broadway sees someone he recognizes as his supposedly dead and buried father.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780333615478ISBN:0333615476
Description: Good. This is an EX-LIBRARY COPY. We only offer carefully selected, quality books, in this category. The normal stamps and labels may be present and the front flysheet has been tidily removed. The supplying library will benefit financially from your purchase. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780333615478ISBN:0333615476
Description: Hardcover, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. Ships within 24 hours. pp., 650grams, ISBN: 0333615476. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780333615478ISBN:0333615476
Description: Hardcover, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. Ships within 24 hours. pp., 650grams, ISBN: 0333615476. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780330335485ISBN:0330335480
Description: Good. Page colour-Slightly discoloured in accordance with book age. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780330335485ISBN:0330335480
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Description: Paperback, VG. 246pp, a good reading copy. Fiction set in New York in the 1870's which sees a journalist discover his father faked his own death so as to take part in a life prolonging experiment being carried out by an insane doctor. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Macmillan, London
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780333615478ISBN:0333615476
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Dustjacket slightly creased along top edge, otherwise intact & in very good condition. Book has no inscriptions, clean & tight throughout. read more
Edition: First edition. Trade
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Trade
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780394587547ISBN:0394587545
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, slight shelf wear to cover, light bend on bottom corner of back cover. 253 p.; 1.07" x 9.54" x 6.64". read more
"Doctorow once again uses New York City for the setting of this story, this time it's the decade immediately following the end of the Civil War. This story is actually a mystery and utilizes one of Doctorow's characters from his book The March as one of the main characters in this story."
"Underrated and under-read! By all means, listen to the (abridged, unfortunately) audiobook version by the great actor Sam Waterston. History, mystery, ethics, musings about eternity, the meaning of life, and New York trivia to boot. What more could you want?"
"I'll admit, since I read this book in High School (back in 2001), I might have a partially skewed perspective. Personally I found this novel rather boring up until the last few chapters. When I got towards the end I was so excited, I couldn't put it down. I remember walking between classes reading this as I went, just eating it up."
"New York Times Bestseller. I love fiction that is based in the 1800's in New York City. The horses, etc. that are of our past. This is a suspensfull detective novel that deals with the deepest issues of life and death."
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