I Married a Communist
by Philip Roth
read: circa 2006
I Married a Communist is kind of the second book in a trilogy narrated by longtime Roth alter-ego Nathan Zuckerman, but here Zuckerman is more front-and-center than he is in American Pastoral or The Human Stain. Through the novel Zuckerman finds himself almost as a mentee for a variety of mentors, a passive observer soaking up the wisdom of his elders. I can identify with that notion, and I liked this book. Wikipedia says it was just a glorified hatchet job against one of Roth's ex-wives. It can't be fun to be married to Philip Roth, based on the self he puts forth in his novels, but I love and admire his writing.
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