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“Rich in color and drama.... Extraordinary.... A triumph.” (New York Times )
Phenomenal.” (San Diego Union-Tribune )
“An engrossing epic” (Entertainment Weekly )
“A page-turning epic.” (New York Post )
“Deftly plotted, fabulously detailed, and never less than absorbing.” (Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review )
“Extraordinary....Baker achieves a hallucinatory realism packed with sensory detail, demonstrating why historical fiction is able to trump conventional historiography.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review )
“Extraordinary....Baker achieves a hallucinatory realism packed with sensory detail.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review )
“Paradise Alley probes the primal mysteries of ...love and war with skill, drama and deep humanity.” (Edmonton Journal )
“Skillfully illuminates a little-known episode in this country’s history.” (Library Journal )
“[A] richly detailed, impeccably researched drama.” (Booklist )
“[A] huge success....fascinating, instructive, never pedantic.” (Houston Chronicle )
“Paradise Alley is a skillful historical reconstruction -- an exploration of love and loyalty.” (Hartford Courant )
“Inspired.... vividly entertaining, and its themes are as timely as any drawn from this morning’s newspaper. ” (Baltimore Sun )
“A rare and special work.” (Denver Post )
“[An] extraordinary talent....Kevin Baker is quickly altering the landscape of American historical fiction.” (Christian Science Monitor )
Phenomenal.” (San Diego Union-Tribune )
“An engrossing epic” (Entertainment Weekly )
“A page-turning epic.” (New York Post )
“Deftly plotted, fabulously detailed, and never less than absorbing.” (Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review )
“Extraordinary....Baker achieves a hallucinatory realism packed with sensory detail, demonstrating why historical fiction is able to trump conventional historiography.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review )
“Extraordinary....Baker achieves a hallucinatory realism packed with sensory detail.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review )
“Paradise Alley probes the primal mysteries of ...love and war with skill, drama and deep humanity.” (Edmonton Journal )
“Skillfully illuminates a little-known episode in this country’s history.” (Library Journal )
“[A] richly detailed, impeccably researched drama.” (Booklist )
“[A] huge success....fascinating, instructive, never pedantic.” (Houston Chronicle )
“Paradise Alley is a skillful historical reconstruction -- an exploration of love and loyalty.” (Hartford Courant )
“Inspired.... vividly entertaining, and its themes are as timely as any drawn from this morning’s newspaper. ” (Baltimore Sun )
“A rare and special work.” (Denver Post )
“[An] extraordinary talent....Kevin Baker is quickly altering the landscape of American historical fiction.” (Christian Science Monitor )
Présentation de l'éditeur
They came by boat from a starving land—and by the Underground Railroad from Southern chains—seeking refuge in a crowded, filthy corner of hell at the bottom of a great metropolis. But in the terrible July of 1863, the poor and desperate of Paradise Alley would face a new catastrophe—as flames from the war that was tearing America in two reached out to set their city on fire.
--Ce texte fait référence à l'édition Broché .
