Indignation by Philip Roth

“On Philip Roth’s ten-most-important list, number 1 would have to be:my dick!”  ~Carolyn See Indignation is the story of college aged atheist Marcus Messner.  He was raised by Jewish parents during the Korean War.  He is not a very likable fellow.  Nothing seems to go his way and he spends a good deal of his time complaining about the fact that nothing ever goes his way.  He also spends a lot of time talking about how men his age are being Drafted into the army and sent off to be cannon fodder in Korea.  So he goes to college to…

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