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The Swinging Light

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1994•281 pages•Published•RUS•User Reviews

The Waterworks

byE. L. Doctorow
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New York of 1870 is the background of this tale of a journalist who finds out that his father forged his own death so that he could be part of the experiment of a mad scientist to prolong his life.

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19th centuryCity and town lifeFicciónFictionHistoriaHistoryJóvenes (Hombres)Novela históricaVida urbanaYoung menRomansHistorical fiction

The Swinging Light

Book Details

First Published

1994

Pages

281 pages

Rating

4.0 / 5

Ratings

1

Editions

24

Publisher

Muchnik

Language

RUS, ENG, SPA

Status

Published

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E. L. Doctorow

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