{"product_id":"the-great-american-novel","title":"The Great American Novel","description":"A richly imagined novel centered on the only homeless major league baseball team in American history, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral.\n\n\"Roth invents baseball anew, as pure slapstick.... An awesome performance.\" —The New Republic • \"Shameless comic extravagance.\"—The New York Times\n\nGil 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 homeless baseball team the Ruppert Mundys—it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist scandal, that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory.\n\nIn this ribald, 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679749063\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0679749063.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Roth, Philip\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41447013810234,"sku":"DBV.0679749063.A","price":4.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0679749063-0.jpg?v=1780718501","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-great-american-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}