Review of The Book of Daniel by EL Doctorow
I wanted to park space this month, but stay with the 1950s Red Scare theme from Liberty One, to talk about one of my favourite historical fiction titles. The Book of Daniel put Doctorow on my three-strong list of recommended fiction authors. By that, I mean an author who’s consistently good across at least two titles (Billy Bathgate excepted). That seems like a very low bar, but, with limited time, I guess I’m just picky. This is all very subjective and I don’t read all genres, but if you like modern historical fiction - which happens to be…