I Married a Communist (Paperback, Reissue)

The Newark news from New Jersey's finest writer. This is the story of a popular entertainer, Iron Rinn, a man who looks like Abe Lincoln and thinks like Leon Trotsky. He marries a beautiful film star and, this being Philip Roth, no man is going to get away with that; treachery and betrayal wait in the wings. The events take place during the dark years of McCarthyism, but the author makes it clear that denunciation and disgrace are the due of anyone who stands up and tries to make a difference. The gripes of Roth continue to fascinate. (Kirkus UK)

Radio actor Iron Rinn (born Ira Ringold), an idealistic Communist and uneducated ditchdigger turned popular performer, emerges from serving in World War II passionately committed to making the world a better place and winds up instead blacklisted and unemployable. On his way to his political catastrophe, he marries the nation's reigning radio actress the exquisitely refined Eve Frame. Their marriage evolves from a glamorous, romantic idyll to tears and treachery. And, with Eve's dramatic revelation to a gossip columnist of her husband's 'espionage' for the Soviet Union, the relationship becomes a national scandal. Set in the heart of the McCarthy era, the story of Iron Rinn's disgrace is a story of cruelty, humiliation, betrayal and revenge; an American tragedy as only Philip Roth can conceive one - fierce and funny, eloquently rendered and deadly accurate.

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1999
First published:	July 1999
Authors:	Philip Roth
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	323
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-928783-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-09-928783-8
Barcode:	9780099287834

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