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Had he said anything but what he said, had I been given the chance to change my mind, had he told me how much I was needed, had he tried to convince me that there was some attestable humanity in all of this, I would have stayed.

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The March, a novel. E. L. Doctorow, Published by Little, Brown 2005

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E. L. Doctorow

E. L. Doctorow's is an acclaimed contemporary American novelist. His work has been published in thirty languages languages. Doctorow's novels include Ragtime, City of God, Welcome to Hard Times, The Book of Daniel and The March. He has been awarded the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award and two National Book Critics Circle Awards, among many other honors. He lives in NY

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