Homer and Langley
(Large Print, Book)
Author
Published
New York : Random House Large Print, c2009.
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
256 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf | Book | LP FICTION DOC 2009 | On Shelf |
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf | Large Print | LP FICTION DOC 2009 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Random House Large Print, c2009.
Format
Large Print, Book
Edition
Large print ed.
Language
English
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Homer and Langley Collyer are brothers, the one blind and deeply intuitive, the other damaged into madness, or perhaps greatness, by mustard gas in the Great War. They live as recluses in their once grand Fifth Avenue mansion, scavenging the city streets for things they think they can use, hoarding the daily newspapers as research for Langley's proposed dateless newspaper whose reportage will be as prophecy. Yet the epic events of the century play out in the lives of the two brothers, wars, political movements, technological advances and even though they want nothing more than to shut out the world, history seems to pass through their cluttered house in the persons of immigrants, prostitutes, society women, government agents, gangsters, jazz musicians . . . and their housebound lives are fraught with odyssean peril as they struggle to survive and create meaning for themselves.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Doctorow, E. L. (2009). Homer and Langley (Large print ed.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Doctorow, E. L., 1931-2015. 2009. Homer and Langley. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Doctorow, E. L., 1931-2015. Homer and Langley Random House Large Print, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Doctorow, E. L. Homer and Langley Large print ed., Random House Large Print, 2009.
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