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1971
OUR GANG
Philip Roth
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OUR GANG

by Philip Roth

Random House · 1971

Peak rank

#6

Weeks on list

15

Chart History

#15101519711972
dashed = off the list

15 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #6

A ferocious political satire in the great tradition, Our Gang" "is Philip Roth' s brilliantly indignant response to the phenomenon of Richard M. Nixon. In the character of Trick E. Dixon, Roth shows us a man who outdoes the severest cynic, a peace-loving Quaker and believer in the sanctity of human life who doesn' t have a problem with killing unarmed women and children in self-defense. A master politician with an honest sneer, he finds himself battling the Boy Scouts, declaring war on Pro-Pornography Denmark, all the time trusting in the basic indifference of the voting public.

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Details

ISBN-13
9780552089760
ISBN-10
0552089761
Published
1971
Pages
142
Publisher
Random House

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