Homer and Langley; E.L.Doctorow

My mother and my Aunt Nanette both remembered the news coverage of the deaths of these two brothers, in a 5th Avenue brownstone, so filled with junk it made finding the bodies difficult. Mother says she regarded the real events as a cautionary tale, against hoarding, collecting, found objects, newspapers etc. The review I read said Doctorow took license with the facts, and he did, but it is a story that stays with you. And the writing is wonderful. It's haunting.