Pulitzer Prize-winning author Philip Roth turns his attention to 1930s and 1940s America in this mesmerizing sequel to American Pastoral. Ira Ringold is a tough American who transforms from a laborer in the pits of 1930s Newark into a big-time radio star in the 1940s. At the peak of his fame as a star - and as a supporter of 'progressive' political causes - Ira gets married to top Hollywood star Eve Frame. However, their glitzy honeymoon days are short-lived, and it's the publication of Eve's scandalous bestseller that exposes Ira as 'an American taking orders from Moscow.' In this story of cruelty, betrayal, and revenge, friends become deadly enemies, parents and children are estranged, lovers are blacklisted, and the mighty fall from terrifying heights. 'Bound with energy, wasting neither scene nor word in its explosive pace' - Mail on Sunday. 'A passionate and dazzling American tragedy' - Financial Times.