Indignation

Philip Roth

RRP: £16.99

Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE

Publication Date : 18/09/2008

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

In 1950s America, Marcus Messner escapes his father's over-protective love and leaves his family behind and tries to find his own way in the world. A story of inexperience, foolishness, sexual discovery, courage, error and the American way of life. "Indignation" is Roth's 29th novel, and is the only living author with work published in the "Library Of America". His work has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, and he received the National Medal Of Arts at the White House in 1998.

Publisher's description:

It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. This book tells the story of the young man's education in life's terrifying chances and bizarre obstructions.

ISBN: 9780224085137