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It's the sweltering summer of 1944, and Newark is in the grip of a terrifying epidemic, threatening the children of the New Jersey city with maiming paralysis, life-long disability, even death.
Decent, athletic twenty-three year old playground director Bucky Cantor is devoted to his charges and ashamed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war alongside his contemporaries. As polio begins to ravage Bucky's playground - child by helpless child - Roth leads us through every emotion such a pestilence can breed: the fear, the panic, the anger, the bewilderment, the suffering and the pain.
Decent, athletic twenty-three year old playground director Bucky Cantor is devoted to his charges and ashamed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war alongside his contemporaries. As polio begins to ravage Bucky's playground - child by helpless child - Roth leads us through every emotion such a pestilence can breed: the fear, the panic, the anger, the bewilderment, the suffering and the pain.
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"Heart-wrenchingly powerful" (Sunday Times)
"A mesmerically imagined work of realism... A shocking gem... A masterclass in literature and life, that reaches into the pits of the dead" (Guardian)
"What makes Roth such an important novelist is the effortless way he brings together the trivial and the profoundly serious" (Independent)
"A masterful performance" (Spectator)
"Nemesis is an artfully constructed suspenseful novel with a cunning twist" (J.M. Coetzee)
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"A mesmerically imagined work of realism... A shocking gem... A masterclass in literature and life, that reaches into the pits of the dead" (Guardian)
"What makes Roth such an important novelist is the effortless way he brings together the trivial and the profoundly serious" (Independent)
"A masterful performance" (Spectator)
"Nemesis is an artfully constructed suspenseful novel with a cunning twist" (J.M. Coetzee)
The stunning final novel from the great Philip Roth, now reissued in electric new backlist style
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- Publication date2011
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- ISBN 13 9780099542261
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The stunning final novel from the great Philip Roth, now reissued in electric new backlist styleIt's the sweltering summer of 1944, and Newark is in the grip of a terrifying epidemic.Decent, athletic twenty-three year old playground director Bucky Cantor is devoted to his charges and ashamed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war alongside his contemporaries. As polio begins to ravage Bucky's playground - child by helpless child - Roth leads us through every emotion such a pestilence can breed- the fear, the panic, the anger, the bewilderment, the suffering and the pain.'The genius of Philip Roth.back at his imperious best in this heartbreaking tale. The eloquence of Roth's storytelling makes Nemesis one of his most haunting works' Daily Mail'Cantor is one of Roth's best creations and the atmosphere of terror is masterfully fashioned' Sunday Telegraph'Very fine, very unsettling' Douglas Kennedy, The Times It's the sweltering summer of 1944, and Newark is in the grip of a terrifying epidemic. Decent, athletic twenty-three year old playground director Bucky Cantor is devoted to his charges and ashamed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war alongside his contemporaries. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099542261
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