The Great American Novel (Roth)

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This article is about The Great American Novel (a novel by Philip Roth). For other uses, see Great American Novel (disambiguation).

The Great American Novel is a 1973 novel by Philip Roth. It concerns the Patriot League, a fictional American baseball league, and the communist conspiracy to eliminate its history. The story follows the Port Ruppert Mundys of New Jersey, whose stadium had been leased by the United States Department of War at the beginning of the 1943 season, which forced them to continue as a permanent road team. Characters on the Mundys roster are parallels of actual replacement players from the World War II era, such as one-armed outfielder Bud Parusha (Pete Gray). It refers to, but should not be confused with, the concept of the Great American Novel.