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The Waterworks
The Waterworks
Author: E. L. Doctorow
The Waterworks is set in the corrupt but hideously exciting New York of the decade following the Civil War. The narrator, an elderly newspaperman named McIlvaine, recalls the bizarre events surrounding the disappearance of one of his paper's best freelance writers in 1871. Martin Pemberton was the son of Augustus Pemberton, a brutal, cunning man...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780451185631
ISBN-10: 0451185633
Publication Date: 5/1/1995
Pages: 352
Rating:
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3 stars, based on 28 ratings
Publisher: Signet Book
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 2
A well-known author for many years, Doctorow takes the reader to 19th Century New York and he pulls you into the book. It's a moral tale about the sin taking place with these people in that era. I loved it.
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Helpful Score: 1
In a city where every form of crime and vice flourishers, corruption is king, fabulous wealth stands on the shoulders of unspeakable want, and there are no limits to larceny...it is New York in 1871.
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This is a fascinating mystical book. I enjoyed it very much!
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A great mystery and best I've read of this author for plot and intrigue.
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Fiction, tale of New York City after the civil war.
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Excellent classic!
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E. L. Doctorow is one of my favorite authors, but this New York City mystery set in the late 19th century, is cumberson to read because of Doctrow's absolute obcession with language. It is a good book, but reads slowly because of his attention to language in a style which reminds me of Dickens or Edgar Allen Poe. Maybe it is my imagination, but this book seems to have a dark side to it.


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