Doctorow, E. L.;
World's Fair
Random House 1985, 288 pages
ISBN 0394525280
topics: | fiction
"Something close to magic." The Los Angeles Times The astonishing novel of a young boy's life in the New York City of the 1930s, a stunning recreation of the sights, sounds, aromas and emotions of a time when the streets were safe, families stuck together through thick and thin, and all the promises of a generation culminate in a single great World's Fair.