August 16, 2009
Homer & Langley
Inspired by true events, award-winning author E.L. Doctorow (The March, 2005) tells the story of brothers Homer and Langley Collyer, born into wealth and privilege in New York City during the 1880s. After Homer begins to go blind, their parents die during the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, and Langley returns from service in World War I mentally damaged by mustard gas, the brothers become recluses, hoarding junk in their decaying Fifth Avenue mansion. Doctorow has once again crafted an unforgettable masterpiece of American historical fiction.
