Volume 27, Number 17 · November 6, 1980
Waiting for Righty
By Diane Johnson
Loon Lake
by E.L. Doctorow
Random House, 258 pp., $11.95
As in the writings of many prophets, the writings of E.L. Doctorow contain texts to interpret them by: 'We will over-throw America in images.' 'He [God] enlists the help of naturally righteous humans who become messengers or carriers of his miracles, or who deliver their people. Each age has by trial to achieve its recognition of Him…' (The Book of Daniel).
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