{"product_id":"roths-wars-james-d-bloom-9781666913842","title":"Roth's Wars: A Career in Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003eTreating Philip Roth as a war writer--as well as a sportswriter, crime reporter, political commentator, and Newark chronicler--\u003ci\u003eRoth's Wars: A Career in Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e offers a thoroughly researched account of the novelist's preoccupation with wars around the world and wars at home. This wide-ranging social and cultural history of Roth's career examines intersections between Roth's preoccupations as a writer and the work of contemporaries, such as J.D. Salinger, Joan Didion, George Plimpton, Hannah Arendt, E.L. Doctorow, Flannery O'Connor, Michael Herr, and Don DeLillo. The legends and icons who figure in this account of Roth's career include Dwight Eisenhower, Meyer Lansky, Ernie Pyle, Bob Dylan, Johnny Appleseed, Anne Frank, JFK, Mickey Mantle, the Marx Brothers, Thomas Paine, Sandy Koufax, and Franz Kafka.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James D. Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666913847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666913842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023","brand":"James D. Bloom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073984196863,"sku":"9781666913842","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17637a03-7342-4671-ab6f-c01b7bc4b6d6.jpg?v=1685451087","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/roths-wars-james-d-bloom-9781666913842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}