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Sep 11, 2007 | ISBN 9780812978223 Buy
Nov 17, 2010 | ISBN 9780307762979 Buy
Jun 03, 2014 | 388 Minutes Buy
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Sep 11, 2007 | ISBN 9780812978223
Nov 17, 2010 | ISBN 9780307762979
Jun 03, 2014 | ISBN 9780804163842
388 Minutes
Here is E. L. Doctorow’s debut novel, a searing allegory of frontier life that sets the stage for his subsequent classics.Hard Times is the name of a town in the barren hills of the Dakota Territory. To this town there comes one day one of the reckless sociopaths who wander the West to kill and rape and pillage. By the time he is through and has ridden off, Hard Times is a smoking ruin. The de facto mayor, Blue, takes in two survivors of the carnage–a boy, Jimmy, and a prostitute, Molly, who has suffered unspeakably–and makes them his provisional family. Blue begins to rebuild Hard Times, welcoming new settlers, while Molly waits with vengeance in her heart for the return of the outlaw. Praise for Welcome to Hard Times “A forceful, credible story of cowardice and evil.”—The Washington Post “We are caught up with these people as real human beings.”—Chicago Sun-Times “Dramatic and exciting.”—The New York Times “Terse and powerful.”—Newsweek “A taut, bloodthirsty read.”—The Times Literary Supplement “A superb piece of fiction.”—The New Republic
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
“A forceful, credible story of cowardice and evil.”—The Washington Post“We are caught up with these people as real human beings.”—Chicago Sun-Times“Dramatic and exciting.”—The New York Times“Terse and powerful.”—Newsweek“A taut, bloodthirsty read.”—The Times Literary Supplement“A superb piece of fiction.”—The New Republic
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