The Great American Novel, Philip Roth
The Great American Novel, Philip Roth
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The Great American Novel

Author: Philip Roth

Narrator: James Daniels

Unabridged: 14 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/02/2024

Synopsis

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral—a richly imagined novel featuring America’s only homeless big-league baseball team in history delivers “shameless comic extravagance…Roth gleefully exploits our readiness to let baseball stand for America itself”—The New York Times.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 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.In 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.

About Philip Roth

Philip Roth (1933–2018) was one of the most decorated writers in American history, having won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award twice, the PEN/Faulkner Award three times, the National Book Award, and many more. He also won the Ambassador Book Award of the English-Speaking Union and in the same year received the National Medal of Arts at the White House. In 2001 he received the highest award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Gold Medal in Fiction, given every six years “for the entire work of the recipient.”

About James Daniels

James Daniels is a voice talent who has narrated more than forty audiobooks and won two AudioFile Earphones Awards for his readings.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ubik on April 10, 2018

La squadra più scalcinata della Lega Che la scarsa conoscenza delle regole del baseball e delle profonde implicazioni di questo sport sul costume e la società americane non costituisca un handicap alla piena comprensione di questo libro (direi per il 99% degli italiani, sottoscritto compreso…) è una......more

Goodreads review by Mattia on January 02, 2018

Video review: [URL not allowed] Featured in my Top 20 Books I Read in 2017 A satirical take on the whole concept of the GAN that may very well be the big White Whale itself. An hilarious comic novel filled with unforgettable characters and episodes, and an entertaining thriller......more

Goodreads review by Read By RodKelly on May 31, 2020

No no no no no. This is a terrible novel. There is a sickening amount of racism and misogyny, and I understand the satirical and parodic nature of the story, but this crossed too many lines for me. The brilliant prologue could've been published as a novella; but unfortunately it precedes a novel that......more

Goodreads review by Alex on March 24, 2009

Raucous and often extremely funny, The Great American Novel is the story of the forgotten baseball team The Ruppert Mundys as told by former sportswriter and alliteration addict Mr Word Smith - as unreliable a narrator as you will ever encounter and yet his bizarre tale of the conspiracy that destro......more

Goodreads review by Jon on May 27, 2012

Well, of course, you could always entitle it "The Great American Novel." I haven't read other reviews, and I'll bet others have said this or something like this. Never mind. Won't delete. But. My god, this is a hysterical novel. You've heard of the state of Major League Baseball during WWII, when s......more

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“Roth is better than he’s ever been before…The prose is electric.” Atlantic

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