Doctorow was widely lauded for the originality, versatility and audacity of his imagination. The author of a dozen novels, three volumes of short fiction and a stage drama, as well as essays and commentary on literature and politics, Mr. The cause was complications from lung cancer, his son, Richard, said. He was 84 and lived in Manhattan and Sag Harbor, N.Y.

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