Posted: 7/21/15 at 9:03pm
NY Times reporting the death of the famed novelist, whose RAGTIME became the wonderful musical by McNally, Ahrens and Flaherty.
Posted: 7/22/15 at 6:11am
R.I.P. to one of the great novelists of our time.
Posted: 7/22/15 at 10:54am
RAGTIME, of course, is a masterwork, but I'd throw THE MARCH in there as well. Also loved HOMER AND LANGLEY and LOON LAKE. I had a strange obsession with LOON LAKE a few summers ago-- read it two times in a row.
Posted: 7/22/15 at 2:15pm
Billy Bathgate is a personal favorite of mine. I must have read that book at least a half dozen times.
I got around to reading Ragtime afterwards and it quickly became a favorite as well.
I loved his writing.
May he R.I.P.
Posted: 7/22/15 at 7:30pm
THE WATERWORKS rarely got discussed in the same conversations as some of his better known masterworks but it was a strange and utterly fascinating read. R.I.P. to one of the greats.
Posted: 7/24/15 at 4:29pm
Good article about his relationship with Drabinsky, and how Doctorow gave the rights to the musical. They talked 4 days before he passed.
Posted: 7/26/15 at 4:38pm
Got to see him at a reading a few years ago with my friend Karen. We got to chat with him for a couple of minutes. RIP.
