The Great American Novel Paperback - 1995
by Philip Roth
Now that whaling is banned and the Mississippi is a tourist attraction, the subject for anything resembling The Great American Novel could only be baseball. And the author could only be Philip Roth, who in this ribald, wickedly satiric book tells the story of the Ruppert Mundys, the only homeless baseball team in American history.
From the jacket flap
Gil 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 Ruppert Mundys, the only homeless big-league ball team in American history--it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist scandal, that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory.
In this ribald, richly imagined, and 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.
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- Title The Great American Novel
- Author Philip Roth
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-04-11
- ISBN 9780679749066 / 0679749063
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.06 x 5.2 x 0.95 in (20.47 x 13.21 x 2.41 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Humorous stories, Baseball stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94041584
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Library Journal, 06/15/1995, Page 99
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