Our Gang (Starring Tricky and His Friends)

Roth, Philip

ISBN 10: 039447886X / ISBN 13: 9780394478869

Published by Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1971

About this Item

1971 First Edition, Fine book, near fine unclipped jacket($5.95), 200 clean tight unmarked pages, book appears to be unread, book has full dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt "PR" on the front cover, gilt lettering on the spine, red top stained pages, jacket is blue with red and white lettering on the front and spine, 11/17 on rear inside jacket, 1" tear on top jacket spine. Bookseller Inventory # 002256

Bibliographic Details

Title: Our Gang (Starring Tricky and His Friends)

Publisher: Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1971

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition:Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

A ferocious political satire in the great tradition, Our Gang is Philip Roth’s brilliantly indignant response to the phenomenon of Richard M. Nixon.

In the character of Trick E. Dixon, Roth shows us a man who outdoes the severest cynic, a peace-loving Quaker and believer in the sanctity of human life who doesn’t have a problem with killing unarmed women and children in self-defense. A master politician with an honest sneer, he finds himself battling the Boy Scouts, declaring war on Pro-Pornography Denmark, all the time trusting in the basic indifference of the voting public.

From the Back Cover:

"Disturbing, logical...and very funny.... In short, a masterpiece."—The New York Times Book Review

"Perhaps the funniest and most complex exercise in sustained political satire since Animal Farm." — Newsweek

"Outrageously hilarious." —Saturday Review of Books

"Brilliant satire in the real Swift tradition." —Anthony Burgess