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Plot Summary of The Great American Novel
"THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL is a book published by Philip Roth in 1973.

This is the sad story of the Ruppert Mundys, a baseball team of the mythical Patriot League, how they were forced in the year 1943 to play all their games away because their owner sold their home stadium to the U.S. Army.

The book is an excellent satire of the american society."
Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Great American Novel
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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Kind of sport: - baseball
Sports Story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - sports figure
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - society

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 (some)
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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