Word: doctorow
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...other Doctorow novels--among them Ragtime--the author creates a world that never strays too far from reality but is nonetheless completely...
...Doctorow contrasts Dutch Schultz's struggle to save his career with the inevitable rise of the brave and quick Billy Bathgate...
...only is Doctorow's novel a welltold story, but it also has a poetic quality that barely misses overdescription. In one scene, Doctorow depicts a Bronx market, with "every one of the merchants competing with the same oranges and apples and tangerines and peaches and plums for the same prices," and where merchants shout out their prices. "They called Missus, look, I got the best, feel this grapefruit, fresh Georgia peaches just in. They talked they cajoled and the women shopping talked back...
More than poetry, Doctorow's prose has rhythm--it reads like a song. The author is obviously conscious of the effect. While he runs the risk of sating the reader with style, Doctorow escapes the flowery...
...Doctorow's book itself is based on an invisible but firm set of rules. Characters appear and reappear, but they do so logically if not chronologically. The plot jumps from place to place, but this movement only emphasizes the role of chance...