Our Gang (First Edition)

Philip Roth

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ISBN 10: 039447886X ISBN 13: 9780394478869

Published by Random House, New York, 1971

Language: English

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Random House, New York, 1971. First edition, stated. First printing, with number line to 2 (FIRST EDITION stated above number line, , as was customary of Random House at time of publication to denote firt printing). Fine in a Fine dust jacket. A clean, tight copy. Neat Random House remainder stamp in red on lower page block. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop. Our Gang (1971) is Philip Roth's fifth novel. A marked departure from his previous book, Portnoy's Complaint, Our Gang is a political satire written in the form of a closet drama, centered on the character of "Trick E. Dixon", a caricature of then-President Richard Nixon.

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Title: Our Gang (First Edition)
Publisher: Random House, New York
Publication Date: 1971
Language: English
ISBN 10: 039447886X
ISBN 13: 9780394478869
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Hardcover first edition - New York:: Random House,, (1971.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Roth's fifth novel; A political satire in the great tradition, an indignant response to the phenomenon of Richard M. Nixon, but one which resonates now with a character who speaks the sort of debased language that is designed, in the words of George Orwell, "to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable." 200 pp.

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"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

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