American Pastoral

<p><b>'A tragedy of classical proportions...a magnificent novel' <i>The Times</i></b><br><b><br>Discover the Pulitzer-prize winning novel that confirmed Philip Roth as one of the greatest American writers.</b><br><b><br>'Swede' Levov is living the American dream. </b><br><br>He glides through life cocooned by his devoted family lucrative business sporting prowess and good looks. He is the embodiment of thriving post-war America land of liberty and hope. <br><br>Until one sunny day in 1968 when Swede's daughter Merry commits an outlandishly savage act of political terrorism and the Levov family is plunged into mayhem. Extraordinarily nuanced and poignant <i>American Pastoral</i> is the first in an eloquent trilogy of post-war American novels that still resonates today.<br>_________________<br><br><b><u>PRAISE FOR <i>AMERICAN PASTORAL</i>:</u></b><br><b>'Angry grieving witty acute' <i>Sunday Times</i><br></b>'A profound and personal meditation on the changes in the American psyche over the last fifty years' <i>Financial Times</i><br><b>'A momentous novel'<i> Observer</i></b><br>'Utterly tragic and compelling' <i>Tatler</i></p>