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Book Review of World's Fair

World's Fair
World's Fair
Author: E. L. Doctorow
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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If you enjoy period fiction - especially stories set in the early 20th century - you'll like this view of 1930's NYC. Young Edgar is Jewish and ashamed, puzzled by the machinations of adult relationships and confused by the feelings all young people develop on the cusp of adulthood. His journey is capped by a visit to the 1939 World's Fair.