{"product_id":"philiproththegreatamericannovel","title":"Philip Roth - The Great American Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Philip Roth. Themes include Fiction, Sports, Satire, Literary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA richly imagined novel centered on the only homeless major league baseball team in American history, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Roth invents baseball anew, as pure slapstick.... An awesome performance.\u003ci\u003e\" —The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e • \"Shameless comic extravagance.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGil Gamesh, the only pitcher who ever literally tried to kill the umpire. The ex-con first baseman, John Baal, \"The Babe Ruth of the Big House,\" who never hit a home run sober. If you've never heard of them—or of the homeless baseball team the Ruppert Mundys—it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist scandal, that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this ribald, wickedly satiric novel, Roth turns baseball's status as national pastime and myth into an occasion for unfettered picaresque farce, replete with heroism and perfidy, ebullient wordplay and a cast of characters that includes the House Un-American Activities Committee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58003089949046,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780679749066.jpg?v=1780403608","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/philiproththegreatamericannovel","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}