Loon Lake: A Novel

Loon Lake: A Novel

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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.<br><br>“Powerful . . . [a] complex and haunting meditation on modern American history.”<br><i>–The New York Times</i><br><br>“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.”<br>–<i>The Dallas Morning News<br></i><br>“A dazzling performance . . . [<i>Loon Lake</i>] anatomizes America with insight, passion, and inventiveness.”<br><i>–The Washington Post Book World</i><br><br>“Hypnotic . . . tantalizes long after it has ended.”<br><i>–Time</i><br><br>“Compelling . . . brilliantly done.”<br><i>–St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i><br><br>“A masterpiece.”<br>–Chicago Sun-Times