BookwormE. L. DoctorowIn this comic and affecting novel based on the lives of the Collyer brothers — one a blind pianist, the other a hoarder and inventor — Doctorow creates an ironic allegory of modern America.rssShareBy Michael Silverblatt • May 12, 2014 • 1 min readMichael Silverblatthost, 'Bookworm'E. L. Doctorowauthor, editor and professorCultureBooksArts