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When She Was Good written by Philip Roth performed by Tanya Eby on CD (Unabridged)

When She Was Good written by Philip Roth performed by Tanya Eby on CD (Unabridged)£29.99

In this mesmerizing, funny, chilling novel, the setting is a small town in the 1940s Midwest, the subject the heart of a wounded and ferociously moralistic young woman, one of those implacable American moralists whose "goodness is a terrible disease". When she was still a child, Lucy Nelson had her alcoholic...

The Great American Novel written by Philip Roth performed by James Daniels on CD (Unabridged)

The Great American Novel written by Philip Roth performed by James Daniels on CD (Unabridged)
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 The Great American Novel written by Philip Roth performed by James Daniels on CD (Unabridged)The Great American Novel written by Philip Roth performed by James Daniels on CD (Unabridged) 
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ISBN:  9781455832446
Genre - Main:  Fiction
Genre - Specific:  Modern
Duration:  876 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  Philip Roth
Performer 1:  James Daniels

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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 homerun sober. If you've never heard of them-or of the Ruppert Mundy's, 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, Philip Roth turns baseball's status as national pastime and myth into the occasion for unfettered picaresque farce, replete with heroism, perfidy, ebullient wordplay, and a cast of characters that includes the House Un-American Activities Committee.

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