false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172261766m/156198.jpg 156198 6 For quite some time after the 1977 publication of <I>The Public Burning</I>, it was almost impossible to find a copy. The book's own publisher seemed--no, <I>was</I> reluctant to admit it even existed. That's because this imaginative reconstruction of the 1953 execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted for giving atom bomb secrets to the Soviets, was the first major work of modern fiction to feature a still-living historical figure as a prominent character. The book's obscurity was the publisher's attempt to avoid legal repercussions from Richard Nixon, who over the course of the book engages in a romantic interlude with Ethel Rosenberg and graphically surrenders himself to a rapacious Uncle Sam.<p> Now that Nixon's dead, however, readers are free to marvel at one of the few American novels to rival Joyce's <I>Ulysses</I> for sustained stylistic inventiveness. Snippets of speeches and articles from <I>Time</I> are recast in poetic form, entire scenes are presented in dramatic verse, as events in the Rosenberg case move towards their historically destined conclusion. <I>--Ron Hogan</I> 150731 1977 The Public Burning total:126|5:53|4:45|3:21|2:7|1:0| 126 522 313 22 3 1 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 13 16:52:12 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 08 04:51:22 -0700 2008 The Public Burning is a curious mix of fact and fiction whose characters include: Betty Crocker, Jack Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, the Marx Brothers, Mamie and Ike Eisenhower, Billy Graham, and starring Dick Nixon, Uncle Sam, The Phantom and Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The story of America’s extreme...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 06:48:39 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 08:08:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 20:50:36 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 20:50:36 -0800 2008 Furious, scatological, enflamed, visionary, razor sharp, scabrous, detailed, lengthy, outraged, overindulgent, pioneering, vicious, vivacious, cynical, black humored, radical, cartoonish, incandescent, haunting

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