American Pastoral by Phillip Roth
Late-evening book discussion of Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, tracing Swede Levov’s Newark rise and the unraveling of postwar American ideals of prosperity, civic order, and domestic bliss in a casual pizza shop setting.
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Casual introvert happy hour vibes with brief chit chat, then quiet shared reading of whatever fantasy or sci fi book you bring. Set in Day Trip’s back room under a disco ball and the big white cat.
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