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The Waterworks

by E. L. Doctorow · 1997

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New York of 1870 is the background of this tale of a journalist who finds out that his father forged his own death so that he could be part of the experiment of a mad scientist to prolong his life.

19th centuryCity and town lifeFicciónFictionHistoriaHistoryJóvenes (Hombres)Novela históricaVida urbanaYoung menRomansHistorical fiction