Author: Philip Roth

We saw the movie before I had a chance to read the book; I generally like to do it the other way around.

The previews of the film emphasized the part the Korean War played in the plot, and it was certainly more prevalent in the book than it was in the movie. The writing was excellent and I often went back over a sentence because it sounded so good. It was an easy read, it filled in a few gaps from the movie, and I might have been disappointed in the film had I read the book first.

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