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The Waterworks

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Set in the dark, teeming metropolis of New York City shortly after the Civil War (1870s), The Waterworks begins when McIlvaine, a struggling freelance writer, sees his supposedly dead, wealthy industrialist father riding in a carriage. Determined to uncover the truth of this ghostly reappearance, McIlvaine launches a harrowing investigation. His search leads him deep into the city's hidden infrastructure, eventually exposing a vast, terrifying operation connected to a mysterious orphanage, a network of powerful and corrupt city officials, and a secretive medical institution. At the heart of the conspiracy is a sinister doctor performing horrific and unethical experiments on human remains—the bodies of the city's poor, displaced, and unmourned. The novel is a chilling blend of Gothic horror and sharp social commentary on the moral failures of Gilded Age America.

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Series Title

Novel

Call Number

823 DOC t

Publisher

America : Signet Book., 1995

Collation

349 hlm.: 10 x 17 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-451-18563-3

Classification

823

Content Type

text

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Carrier Type

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Edition

1

Subject(s)

Novel
Literary Historical Mystery
New York City (Post-Civil War)
Medical Ethics / Human Experimentation
Social Corruption / Class Exploitation
Gothic Suspense

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