{"product_id":"ragtime-a-novel","title":"Ragtime: A Novel","description":"First published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be—a singular tapestry hailed as “an extraordinarily deft, lyrical, rich novel that catches the spirit of the country” (The New Yorker) between the turn of the century and the First World War.\n\nSelected by the Modern Library and The Guardian as one of the 100 best novels of all time\n\nThe inspiration for the Tony Award–winning musical!\n\nThe story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house. And almost magically, the line between fantasy and historical fact, between real and imaginary characters, disappears. Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J. P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata slip in and out of the tale, crossing paths with Doctorow’s imagined family and other fictional characters, including an immigrant peddler and a ragtime musician from Harlem whose insistence on a point of justice drives him to revolutionary violence.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0812978188\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.0812978188.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Doctorow, E.L.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition.  Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46800848093381,"sku":"LFV.0812978188.VG","price":7.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/0812978188-0.jpg?v=1787505294","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/ragtime-a-novel","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}