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The Waterworks (1994) is a book by American writer E. L. Doctorow. It was his eighth published novel . Principal characters. McIlvaine — veteran newspaper editor, lifelong bachelor, first-person narrator. We never learn his first name. Martin Pemberton — Freelance journalist, who writes scathing reviews and is at odds with his father Augustus.
Jan 1, 2001 · One rainy morning in 1871 in lower Manhattan, Martin Pemberton, a freelance writer, sees in a passing stagecoach several elderly men, one of whom he recognizes as his supposedly dead and buried father. While trying to unravel the mystery, Pemberton disappears, sending McIlvaine, his employer, the editor of an evening paper, in pursuit of the ...
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May 8, 2007 · In E. L. Doctorow’s skilled hands, The Waterworks becomes, in the words of The New York Times, “a dark moral tale . . . an eloquently troubling evocation of our past.” “Startling and spellbinding . . . The waters that lave the narrative all run to the great confluence, where the deepest issues of life and death are borne along on the ...
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Nov 17, 2010 · The Waterworks: A Novel - Kindle edition by Doctorow, E.L.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Waterworks: A Novel.
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Layer by layer, McIlvaine reveals a modern metropolis surging with primordial urges and sins, where the Tweed Ring operates the city for its own profit and a conspicuously self-satisfied nouveau-riche ignores the poverty and squalor that surrounds them.
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May 1, 1994 · The Waterworks. Hardcover – May 1, 1994. by E.L. Doctorow (Author) 4.0 293 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. “An elegant page-turner of nineteenth-century detective fiction.”. –The Washington Post Book World.
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The Waterworks by E.L. Doctorow | Goodreads. Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Kindle $12.99. Rate this book. The Waterworks. E.L. Doctorow. 3.45. 3,177 ratings325 reviews. “An elegant page-turner of nineteenth-century detective fiction.” –The Washington Post Book World.
