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Worldview. Relation to other works by the author. Sources in literary history. Notes. Sources. 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.
Jan 1, 1994 · 3,262 ratings339 reviews. 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.
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May 8, 2007 · 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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Nov 17, 2010 · The Waterworks: A Novel Kindle Edition. by E.L. Doctorow (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.0 292 ratings. See all formats and editions. “An elegant page-turner of nineteenth-century detective fiction.” –The Washington Post Book World.
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A Novel. By E.L. Doctorow Read by Mark Bramhall. Best Seller. Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks. Paperback $18.00. May 08, 2007| ISBN 9780812978193. Buy. Ebook $7.99. Nov 17, 2010| ISBN 9780307762993. Buy. Audiobook Download $20.00. Nov 19, 2013| 528 Minutes. Buy. All Formats. +. Paperback$18.00.
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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. E. L. Doctorow. Random House, 1994 - Fiction - 253 pages. One rainy morning in 1871 young Martin Pemberton, walking down Broadway in lower Manhattan, sees in a passing...