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The Ruppert Mundys, once the greatest baseball team in America, are now in a terminal decline, their line-up filled with a disreputable assortment of old men, drunks and even amputees. Around them baseball itself seems to be collapsing, brought down by a bizarre mixture of criminality, stupidity, and The Great Communist Conspiracy, aimed at the very heart of the American way of life.
In this hilarious and wonderfully eccentric novel Philip Roth turns his attention to one of the most beloved of all American rituals: baseball. Players, tycoons and the paying public are all targets as Roth satirises the dense tapestry of myths and legends that have grown up around The Great American Pastime.
In this hilarious and wonderfully eccentric novel Philip Roth turns his attention to one of the most beloved of all American rituals: baseball. Players, tycoons and the paying public are all targets as Roth satirises the dense tapestry of myths and legends that have grown up around The Great American Pastime.
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"Shameless comic extravagance'" (New York Times)
"Roth invents baseball anew, as pure slapstick... An awesome performance" (New Republic)
"Roth is one of a handful of living American novelists who can be called great" (Washington Post)
"Roth is better than he's ever been before... The prose is electric" (Atlantic)
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"Roth invents baseball anew, as pure slapstick... An awesome performance" (New Republic)
"Roth is one of a handful of living American novelists who can be called great" (Washington Post)
"Roth is better than he's ever been before... The prose is electric" (Atlantic)
'Shameless comic extravagance... Roth gleefully exploits our readiness to let baseball stand for America itself.' The New York Times
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0099889404
- ISBN 13 9780099889403
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages416
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Philip Roth's entire oeuvre - 31 books - to be reissued in electric new Vintage jackets for October 2016The Ruppert Mundys, once the greatest baseball team in America, are now in a terminal decline, their line-up filled with a disreputable assortment of old men, drunks and even amputees. Around them baseball itself seems to be collapsing, brought down by a bizarre mixture of criminality, stupidity, and The Great Communist Conspiracy, aimed at the very heart of the American way of life.In this hilarious and wonderfully eccentric novel Philip Roth turns his attention to one of the most beloved of all American rituals- baseball. Players, tycoons and the paying public are all targets as Roth satirises the dense tapestry of myths and legends that have grown up around The Great American Pastime. The Ruppert Mundy's, once the great baseball team in America, are now in a terminal decline, their line-up filled with a disreputable assortment of old men, drunks and even amputees. In this novel, the author turns his attention to one of the most beloved of all American rituals: baseball. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099889403
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