Wherever or whenever you grew up, you will love E. L. Doctorow's astonishing novel of a young boy's life in the New York City of the 1930s. Doctorow recreates with stunning authenticity all the sights, sounds, aromas, and emotions of life in the Bronx and Manhattan when the streets were safe, families stuck together through hard times, and a boy named Edgar could savor the customs and culture, the bittersweet longings and glittering promises that culminated in the 1939 World's Fair.

(Key Words: Fiction, E. L. Doctorow, New York, The Bronx, Manhattan, Novels, Emotions, Love, World's Fairs).