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The Humbling

November 9, 2014 by Drew

The Short Version: Simon Axler, a famous and aging actor, has lost his gift. Unable to perform anymore, he begins to question his own existence – until Pegeen, the daughter of an old friend, comes into the picture. She might be a lesbian, but they become lovers. Does this signal a turnaround for Axler or is it just a brief pause before the end? The Review: …huh. You know, I think I’ve given Philip Roth enough chances now. I read The […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Acting, Al Pacino, Barry Levinson, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Film, Film Review, Literature, Philip Roth, Reviews, The Humbling, The New Yorker Festival, Theater

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The Plot Against America

September 19, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: Charles Lindbergh – aviator, isolationist, anti-Semite – unexpectedly wins the 1940 Republican nomination for President and glides smoothly into office that November.  As this alternate history plays out, leading America closer and closer to a fascist outpost of Hitler’s Berlin, a young Philip Roth comes of age in Newark – and sees the world he thought he knew torn to pieces around him. The Review: I love the concept of alternate histories.  I don’t particularly want to read […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Alternate History, BookClub, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Literature, Philip Roth, The Plot Against America

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