Homer & Langley is a work of fiction. Apart from the actual people, events, and locales that figure in the narrative, all names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to current events or locales, or to living persons, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2009 by E. L. Doctorow
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Doctorow, E. L.
Homer & Langley: a novel / E. L.
Doctorow.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-58836-897-3
1. Collyer, Homer Lusk,
1881–1947—Fiction.
2. Collyer, Langley,
1885–1947—Fiction.
3. Brothers—New York (State)—New
York—Fiction.
4. Recluses—New York (State)—New
York—Fiction.
5. Eccentrics and eccentricities—Fiction. I.
Title.
PS3554.O3H66 2009 813′.54—dc22
2009006959
Title-page photograph: view of a portion of the Collyer mansion © Bettmann/Corbis
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