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After his release, Axler had retreated to his farmhouse in upstate New York and it was there that Pegeen had visited him. Her parents were old friends and he had known her since she was a b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 11:46:55 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 11:47:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 06:01:45 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 06:44:29 -0700 2009 Roth's books are getting shorter and darker. Now that Roth has reached the age where the end of his life is looming, he seems only able to focus his stories on death. Where his last book Indignation told the story of a young man and a life's potential taken away, The Humbling is about a life neari...

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That said, a little fluff wouldn't hurt "The Humbling." It's practically a long short story that wants to be a novel, and it's nearly th...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Nov 09 19:53:42 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 07:01:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sun Oct 11 11:22:25 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 11:28:29 -0700 2009 American Pastoral even though I liked it just fine. I keep meaning to pick it up and finish it (that and Lolita), but I get distracted by something sh...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Dec 11 00:24:30 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 11 15:23:57 -0700 2009 The Humbling by Philip Roth is only 112 pages.

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From the Jonathan Cape 2009-2010 publication guide:

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