earlier in the thread, I posted that I was about to start reading "the march" by E.L. Doctorow.
well, I have about 100 pages left, and it is incredible. great characters, and emotions running all the way through. Doctorow is so poetic and I love his style. Sometimes he just writes a sentence or a phrase that kicks you in your gut.
also, a special note to ragtime fans: Coalhouse walkers' parents are introduced in this book. I think it is so cool how thirty years after writing Ragtime, Doctorow is still playing around with old characters and still writing backstories to other stories. Genius.
that's all. read "the march"
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