by Philip Roth
First published 1997
Swede Levov is a model citizen living the American Dream - prosperous businessman, devoted family man. But his perfect life comes undone when his daughter transforms into a violent revolutionary, bombing his factory and shattering his peaceful existence. As the country erupts in social upheaval, the Swede's once-idyllic world crumbles, and he must confront the forces of history that have overrun his private paradise.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, historical-fiction, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Elizabeth, Newark, New Jersey, Old Rimrock, Princeton University, United States, Weequahic
Period: 1927, 1960-1980, 1961-1969, 1968, February
423 pages · Hardcover · Houghton Mifflin Company
Content warnings: violence