E. L. Doctorow

While Daniel struggles to understand the tragedy of his parents' lives, and is tormented by his past and trying to appreciate his own wife and son, he is also haunted. A fictionalization of a political drama that tore the United States apart, this is a tale of martyrdom and the search for meaning.

The Book of Daniel

a novel

The book of Daniel

jack

wow. completely revelatory (no pun intended). went absolutely everywhere i wanted it to. shed a lot of tears. much better american pomo fiction than ur average delillo or pynchon (though i still haven’t got around to GR). a total event, a pleasure to read, never dull, alternatively fun and heartbreaking, formally super challenging. couldn’t ask for more.

Aaron McCollough

Jayme Bosio

jm laine

FBI agents pay a surprise visit to a Communist man and his wife in their New York apartment, and after a trial that divides the country, the couple are sent to the electric chair for treason. Decades later, in 1967, their son Daniel struggles to understand the tragedy of their lives. But while he is tormented by his past and trying to appreciate his own wife and son, Daniel is also haunted, like millions of others, by the need to come to terms with a country destroying itself in the Vietnam War. A stunning fictionalization of a political drama that tore the United States apart, The Book of Daniel is an intensely moving tale of political martyrdom and the search for meaning.

The Book of Daniel

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