American Pastoral by Philip Roth 

The book is American Pastoral by Philip Roth. It was originally published in 1997 by Houghton Mifflin Company. I read the 1998 Vintage paperback edition. I read it in July of 2023.   The title refers to a type of painting called American pastoral, which is like a landscape portrait. It basically means a nice quaint picturesque image... Continue Reading →

Washington by Ron Chernow 

The book is Washington by Ron Chernow. It was originally published in 2010 by Penguin Books. I read the 2011 paperback edition. I read it in June of 2023.   The title obviously is from the subject of the biography, George Washington. The full title is Washington: A Life But Chernow takes advantage of the fact that the Washington name... Continue Reading →

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