Doctorow, E. L., 1931-

The book of Daniel / E.L. Doctorow. - [New ed.] / with an introduction by Jonathan Freedland. - London : Penguin, 2006. - xiii, 368 p. ; 20 cm. - Modern classics .

Previous ed.: New York: Random House, 1971; London: Macmillan, 1972.

As Cold War hysteria inflames America, FBI agents pay a visit to a Communist man and his wife in their New York apartment. 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.

9780141188188 (pbk.) : �9.99


United States--Politics and government--1945-1989--Fiction.


General.

PS3554.O3

813.54