![]() ![]() ![]() The dénouement is the revisiting, in flashback, of the death of his parents, Rochelle and Paul Isaacson, and, in due course, the death from nervous disorder (and attempted suicide) of his sister Susan. Writing his doctoral thesis ('The Book of Daniel'), Daniel investigates the background to his parents' conviction and execution with his adoptive parents (the Lewins). Doctorow tells the story of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson (corollaries to the Rosenbergs) through the persons of their older son, Daniel, and his sister, Susan, who are college students deeply involved in 1960s politics. Doctorow, loosely based on the lives, trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The Book of Daniel (1971) is semi-historical novel by E.
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