All of these characters and themes are blended and united through Doctorow's hypnotic narrative. With deft skill, Doctorow addresses these issues within the contexts of his many plots and characters while also providing humor, human pathos, sex and a thrilling manhunt. Themes range from the emergence of the American century, the rise of celebrity culture and press, the integration of immigrants into the American identity, the shame and violence of racism, anarchists, the rise of women's liberation, and the music of the ragtime genre. "Ragtime" includes fuller roles as well as cameos for last-turn-of-the-century magician Harry Houdini, polar explorer Admiral Peary, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, J.P. Doctorow includes historical figures in his cast of characters. As he does in many of his novels, the late E.L.
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