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American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
Hardcover: Jun 1997,
423 pages.
Paperback: Feb 1998,
423 pages.

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Rated of 5 by debbie
Repetition, Anyone?
I chose to read this book because it was a Pulitzer winner and I cannot understand why [it won]. The story goes in circles, the writing style is wordy without much substance. How many times and ways can you say what essentially is the same thing over and over again? This book is driving me nuts--it is almost as unreadable as "Wicked". But that's just my opinion.

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