{"product_id":"9780099389118-our-gang","title":"Our Gang","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStarring Trick and His Friends\u003cbr\u003ePresents an acerbic response to the phenomenon of Richard M Nixon. In the character of Trick E Dixon, the author portrays an American president who outdoes the severest cynic; a peace-loving Quaker and believer in the sanctity of human life who doesn't have a problem with killing unarmed women and children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Disturbing, logical and very funny. In short, a masterpiece' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA ferocious political satire in the great tradition of Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain, \u003ci\u003eOur Gang\u003c\/i\u003e is Philip Roth's brilliantly acerbic response to the phenomenon of Richard M. Nixon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the character of Trick E. Dixon, Roth portrays an American president who outdoes the severest cynic; a peace-loving Quaker and believer in the sanctity of human life who doesn't have a problem with killing unarmed women and children. A master politician with an honest sneer, he finds himself battling the Boy Scouts, declaring war on pro-pornography Denmark, all the time trusting in the basic indifference of the voting public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTricky is the unprincipled self-seeker who hides his heartlessness behind the anaesthetising clichés of high office, whose public language is a merciless parody of that 'candid' Presidential prose which is merely double-talk, or as Orwell put it, 'pure wind'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58279564149110,"sku":"9780099389118","price":11.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32331174.jpg?v=1784175121","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099389118-our-gang","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}