I Married a Communist | I Married a Communist

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Author: Philip Roth
First Published: 1998
Type of Work: Novel
Time of Work: The 1920’s to the 1950’s.
Setting: Newark, New Jersey; New York City; Chicago; and Connecticut
Principal Characters: Nathan Zuckerman, Murray Ringold, Ira “Iron Rinn” Ringold, Eve Frame, Sylphid, Johnny O’Day
Genres: Long fiction
Subjects: Wives, Mothers, Parents and children, Communism or communists, Love or romance, Authors or writers, Marriage, Betrayal, Brothers
Locales: New York, NY, Connecticut, Chicago, IL, Newark, NJ

Running into Murray Ringold, a ninety-year-old former high school teacher who first taught Nathan Zuckerman the importance of critical thinking and whose own vigorous style of classroom presentation was legendary, Zuckerman invites Ringold to visit at his secluded Connecticut home. Over the course of six nights, Murray narrates the story of his brother, Ira, to whom he had once introduced Nathan and who, as the famous radio personality “Iron Rinn,” had become Nathan’s early hero and mentor. Now long dead, Ira had led a colorful if tortured life from childhood on, often comforted...

I Married a Communist | I Married a Communist

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