E.L. Doctrow's "Andrew's Brain" Last Work Adds to a Lasting Literary Legacy

E.L Doctrow (b. Amer 1931) has received numerous, prestigious literary honors.  In 2012 he received the Pen/Saul Bellow Award for achievement in Amer Fiction placing him among the most elite American writers.  In 2013 the Amer Award of Arts & Letters awarded him the Gold Medal for Fiction for a lifetime of literary excellence.  ANDREWS BRAIN was published in 2014, the last novel written by this literary giant who passed away in 2015.  This ingenious story is told in an ongoing dialogue between Andrew and his unnamed psychiatrist.  Andrew is a prof. of neurology whose fascination with the mysterious functioning of the brain & consciousness is interwoven into his life story of love, loss & suffering which implodes in the shadows of the tragic demise of the Twin Towers.   Doctrow's preternatural writing explores the cunningness of the brain & the preciousness of life, love & happiness.  "True happiness comes of not knowing you're happy, it's an animal serenity, something between contentment and joy."  Doctrow has left behind a proliferate literary legacy.  "How goddamn awful, so much of life having been a wasteful expenditure of time, of living not bravely or at home on the planet of delights."  Doctrow was a zeitgeist in his writings which are all delightful and reflective works of art.