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Title: More schtick from Roth
Review: Philip Roth is the Woody Allen of American literature. He's found his public's hot buttons & pushes them incessantly with tiresome adolescent obsessiveness:...men recounting their erections, lusty bad-mouthed (usually angry) women, topical commentary (Clinton & Lewinsky here) & off-the-press contextuality (campus & race politics in this case). His characters seem totally manufactured to meet the ends of the book & his style is a thick brocade of almost total impenetrability. On the other hand, this is America & if your product sells, hey, you're a success!
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