American Trilogy, Book 2
by Philip Roth
Recommended by Adam Wagner
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Historical Fiction and Fiction.
Winner of the 1999 Ambassador Book Award of the English-Speaking Union in FictionIron Rinn, born Ira Ringold, is a Newark roughneck, a radio actor, an idealistic Communist, and an educated ditchdigger turned popular performer. A sixfoot, sixinch Abe Lincoln lookalike, he emerges from serving in World War II passionately committed to making the wo...
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Adam Wagner
“... if you’re a quick reader (don’t bother sleeping!) then crack on with Sabbath’s Theatre, I Married a Communist, some of the Zuckerman books, maybe a quick sniff of his last shorter books. Stop what you’re doing now and get on with it!”
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Consider The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Recommended by 5 sources.
“This sprawling, detail-rich historical novel follows cathedral builders, nobles, and townspeople across decades, delivering immersive scene-setting and a steady accumulation of plotlines. Its useful part is the sustained attention to craft—architecture, politics, rivalry—that makes the medieval world tangible. The main limitation is repetitive melodrama and swings in pacing: long, satisfying set pieces sit beside stretches that feel slow or contrived. Better read slowly rather than skimmed; readers who stick it out will find payoff in the concluding convergences.”
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