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The Book of Daniel is a 1971 novel by American author, E L Doctorow. The title refers to Daniel Lewin's doctoral thesis (DANIEL'S BOOK: A Life Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Doctoral Degree in Social Biology, Gross Entomology, Women's Anatomy, Children's Cacophony, Arch Demonology, Eschatology, and Thermal Pollution) but the novel is about his parents, Paul and Rochelle Isaacson. The novel is a fictionalized account of the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg spy case. - AsNotedIn
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| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1971/00/00 | E L Doctorow | Author | The Book of Daniel - published | ||||
| 1971/00/00 | Random House | Publisher | The Book of Daniel - published |
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| Particulars for The Book of Daniel: | |||
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Historic Era | Cold War | ||
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Historical Fiction | literary genre where the story takes place in the past | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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