Introduction to Return to Pleasure Island

"By design or default, something about this story (and I can't describe exactly what because I don't know) disturbed me a great deal, though it's a well-written and unique take on an old tale. Others may find it more palatable. If Doctorow's intent was to unsettle, he succeeded..."

	- J. G. Stinson, 	  Tangent Online 	  http: //www.tangentonline.com /reviews/ magazine.php3?review=153

