Loon Lake (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780812978216)

The hero of this dazzling novel by American master E. L. Doctorow is Joe, a young man on the run in the depths of the Great Depression. A late-summer night finds him alone and shivering beside a railroad track in the Adirondack mountains when a private railcar passes. Brightly lit windows reveal well-dressed men at a table and, in another compartment, a beautiful girl holding up a white dress before her naked form. Joe will follow the track to the mysterious estate at Loon Lake, where he finds the girl along with a tycoon, an aviatrix, a drunken poet, and a covey of gangsters. Here Joe's fate will play out in this powerful story of ambition, aggression, and identity. Loon Lake is another stunning achievement of this acclaimed author.

"Powerful . . . a] complex and haunting meditation on modern American history."
-The New York Times

"A genuine thriller . . . a marvelous exploration of the complexities and contradictions of the American dream . . . Not under any circumstances would we reveal the truly shattering climax."
-The Dallas Morning News

"A dazzling performance . . . Loon Lake] anatomizes America with insight, passion, and inventiveness."
-The Washington Post Book World

"Hypnotic . . . tantalizes long after it has ended."
-Time

"Compelling . . . brilliantly done."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A masterpiece."
-Chicago Sun-Times

Author: E. L. Doctorow
ISBN-10: 0812978218
ISBN-13: 9780812978216
Publisher: Random House Group
Language: English
Published: 09/11/2007
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.28w x 0.60d