I liked the _The Deluge_ (great characterization), Doctorow is generally good and _Walkaway_ was great, his _The Lost Cause_[1] is also a fairly hopeful novel.

I liked the _The Deluge_ (great characterization), Doctorow is generally good and _Walkaway_ was great, his _The Lost Cause_[1] is also a fairly hopeful novel. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Cause_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Cause_(novel)