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Friday, 16 December 2011

World's Fair by EL Doctorow


The fifth in my series on overlooked American novels for The Guardian's Books section.
Posted by Tom at 05:41
Labels: book of daniel, el doctorow, great american novels, guardian, ragtime, updike, world's fair

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