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Loon Lake

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By E.L. Doctorow

By E.L. Doctorow

By E.L. Doctorow

By E.L. Doctorow

By E.L. Doctorow
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By E.L. Doctorow
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Sep 11, 2007 | ISBN 9780812978216

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Sep 22, 2010 | ISBN 9780307762986

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    About Loon Lake

    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

    About Loon Lake

    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

    About Loon Lake

    It is the Great Depression of the 1930s, and a passionate young man from Paterson, New Jersey, leaves home to find his fortune. What he finds, on a cold and lonely night in the Adirondack Mountains, is a vision of life so different from his own that it changes his destiny, leading him from the side of a railroad track to a magical place called Loon Lake.


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    About E.L. Doctorow

    E. L. Doctorow’s works of fiction include Andrew’s Brain, Homer & Langley, The March, Billy Bathgate, Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, City of God, Welcome to Hard Times, Loon Lake, World’s Fair, The Waterworks, and All the Time in the… More about E.L. Doctorow

    About E.L. Doctorow

    E. L. Doctorow’s works of fiction include Andrew’s Brain, Homer & Langley, The March, Billy Bathgate, Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, City of God, Welcome to Hard Times, Loon Lake, World’s Fair, The Waterworks, and All the Time in the… More about E.L. Doctorow

    About E.L. Doctorow

    E. L. Doctorow’s works of fiction include Andrew’s Brain, Homer & Langley, The March, Billy Bathgate, Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, City of God, Welcome to Hard Times, Loon Lake, World’s Fair, The Waterworks, and All the Time in the… More about E.L. Doctorow

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Sep 11, 2007 | 272 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812978216

    Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Random House
    Sep 22, 2010 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9780307762986

    Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 10, 2014 | 573 Minutes | ISBN 9780804163804

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