The Great American Novel (9780679749066)

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 Ruppert Mundys, 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, 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.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 400 pages
• Dimensions 140 x 210 x 24.13mm | 340g
• Publication date 01 Oct 2001
• Publisher Random House USA Inc
• Imprint Vintage Books
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement Reprint
• ISBN10 0679749063
• ISBN13 9780679749066
• Bestsellers rank 1,111,476

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