Mark Harris' Criticism Of Doctorow's Book

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as if he is trying desperately, (and badly) to search for his own
style, a way to test his own limits as an author. While the language and
flow of the book is hard to grasp in the beginning, it soon becomes
somewhat more clear to the reader and seems to move the pace of the book
along faster than it did before. But although the book seems to move much
faster, it still is not clear enough to read well. One never knows if the
poet Warren Penfield is in the scene, or if it is Joe again, fleeing his
parents in a long walk through the country. The facts shown in the book,
the details in every scene, show no actual drama or emotion, but seem more
like a documentary: “E.L. Doctorow and his quest to the train-car in the
woods!,” a show no Discovery Channel executive would ever want to air. He
spends at least 2 pages describing this train car full of great luxury and
wealth, just because Joe saw it passing the night before, and wanted to get
a glimpse inside. In a large example of ...

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