Book of Daniel (Doctorow) - Book Reviews

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The Book of Daniel is an ambitious, felt reconstruction of the little agonies, paranois, obscenities...of post-World War II America.... The writing is most poignant, most alive, when E.L. Doctorow sticks closest to the Isaacsons. [He] is less successful with the people, paraphernalia and scraps out of Daniel's current life.... [However,] the book does take hold of us and force us to squint at ourselves because of its ability to energize the wreckage of our past.
Jerome Charyn - New York Times Book Review


A ferocious feat of the imagination.... Every scene is perfectly realized and feeds into the whole–the themes and symbols echoing and reverberating.
Newsweek

This is an extraordinary contemporary novel, a stunning work.
San Francisco Chronicle

Remarkable.... One of the finest works of fiction.
Minneapolis Star Tribune