The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow [1979 PAPERBACK]

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow 

FIRST BANTAM PRINTING [1979] BANTAM BOOKS 

Vintage paperback in excellent condition; mild creasing and a small edge tear to cover.  Reads like new!

As Cold War hysteria inflames America, FBI agents knock on the Bronx apartment door of a Communist man and his wife. After a highly controversial trial, the couple go to the electric chair for treason despite worldwide protests. Decades later their son, Daniel, grown to young manhood, tries to make sense of their lives and deaths - and their legacy to him. Like millions of other Americans, he is attempting to reconcile an America based on the highest human ideals with the tragedy of his parents. This is the framework for E.L. Doctorow's dazzling masterpiece, as he fictionalizes an actual social and political drama to create an intensely moving, searching, and illuminating tale of two decades, two generations, and a troubled legacy of passion and purpose, martyrdom and meaning.