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Megan Ransome
reviewed I Married a Communist on October 13, 2016
I Married a Communist
A truly important and courageous book about the hidden war of McCarthy during the 50s. Devastating, it is still all too relevant today. I will not go into the story details in order to avoid spoilers but I will say the following:
1/ Philip Roth is an amazing writer and this book is a perfect and beautiful sequel of sorts to American Pastoral
2/ Nathan Zuckerman is an amazing narrator and his personal involvement with Ira and Murray Ringold is a wonderful narrative device
3/ The story of anti-Semitism (especially by self-hating Jews like the Eve Frame character) is unfortunately still relevant today
4/ The hate-mongering of self-serving scum like Katrina and Brydon Grant are every bit as stomach-turning and disgusting as Trump and his ilk. Unfortunately, nothing has changed there in how to motivate the masses through scapegoating and rabble-rousing
Despite not typically being ranked as one of the Top 5 Roth books, I think this one is underrated and deserves a place in the Roth "must" canon.
Definitely read it between American Pastoral and The Human Stain!
RIP (1933-2018). One of America's literary giants has left us.
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