Anne M's review
Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow
Anne M's review
rating:
bookshelves: books-read-in-the-past
recommended for: readers who read for great prose
status: Read in January, 1991
rating:
bookshelves: books-read-in-the-past
recommended for: readers who read for great prose
status: Read in January, 1991
Doctorow is very much in control of his almost-but-not-quite stream of consciousness style of writing here as well his typical blend of historical figures w/ fictional characters. I loved this book both for the snapshot of one piece of American history, but also I loved it for his beautiful language. You could open it to any page and just enjoy his writing, as if each passage were a stand alone poem.
