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Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
(Published by Vintage)
Meeting: 22nd January 2007
Synopsis
Philip Roth's award-winning first book instantly established its author's reputation as a writer of explosive wit, merciless insight and a fierce compassion for even the most self-deluding of his characters. "Goodbye, Columbus" is the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin, he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills, who meet one summer break and dive into an affair that is as much about social class and suspicion as it is about love. The novella is accompanied by five short stories that range in tone from the iconoclastic to the astonishingly tender and that illuminate the subterranean conflicts between parents and children and friends and neighbours in the American Jewish diaspora.
A review will be posted here shortly.
This month's book was picked by The Dancer 
Score awarded by Bibliofemme: 3 out of 5
What the other femmes had to say
"What wonderful, pared-down, evocative writing. This was such an atmospheric read, I simply sank into it every time I opened the book." 4/5
"There is nothing written in this book that doesn't need to be there…it reminds me of a minimalist kitchen, everything is there for a reason but there's nothing there that shouldn't be – and it works much better!" 4/5
"I thoroughly enjoyed this. Helped to read the entertaining and engaging dialogue with a New Yawk accent. Delve into the other stories too, some gems in there." 3/5
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