description: (from back cover):As Cold War hysteria inflames America, FBI agents knock on the Bronx apartment door of a Communist man and his wife. After a highly controversial trial, the couple go to the electric chair for treason despite worldwide protests. Decades later their son, Daniel, grown to young manhood, tries to make sense of their lives and deaths--and their legacy to him. Like millions of other Americans, he is attempting to reconcile an America based on the highest human ideals with the tragedy of his parents.
title: The Book of Daniel
titlecomplete: The Book of Daniel
characters: Daniel and Susan Isaacson
genres: Classics, American, The United States Of America, Contemporary, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 5524
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Plume