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Title: Absolute Redundant Torture
Review: I've always been slightly sceptical about Philip Roth, but now I am outright repulsed by him. Every book he writes reiterates the same old cliched themes, and "American Pastoral" does this with particularly annoying aplomb. While reading this book, not only do you not give a fig about Swede Levov, you almost want to follow the example of his radical daughter, Merry, and blow off a bomb just to wake yourself up. If you need to read a Roth, try Henry instead.
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