For 10 points, identify this novel about David Schearl, written by Henry Roth.
One character in this novel is disturbed by a song about a child named Walter Wildflower. The protagonist of this work has a memory of being aboard the Peter Stuyvesant, where his father subsequently throws his hat into a river. Later, that protagonist becomes obsessed with a biblical passage in which an angel touches a fiery coal to Isaiah's lips. That image is recalled when electrical power is unleashed when the protagonist drops a piece of zinc onto an active trolley rail. The main character of this novel meets a boy named Leo who makes love with Esther in the basement of a candy store owned by Aunt Bertha and Nathan Sternowitz. Disturbed by this action, the protagonist causes trouble by making up his family history in a meeting with Yidel Pankower. Albert becomes angered when Genya's affair with a gentile is brought up, and the protagonist uses a milk ladle to strike the trolley rail and is almost electrocuted, which brings the family together. For 10 points, identify this novel about David Schearl, written by Henry Roth.
One character in this novel is disturbed by a song about a child named Walter Wildflower.
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