A ferocious political satire in the great tradition, Our Gang
is Philip Roth’s brilliantly indignant response to the phenomenon
of Richard M. Nixon.
In the character of Trick E. Dixon, Roth shows us a man who
outdoes the severest cynic, a peace-loving Quaker and believer in
the sanctity of human life who doesn’t have a problem with killing
unarmed women and children in self-defense. A master politician
with an honest sneer, he finds himself battling the Boy Scouts,
declaring war on Pro-Pornography Denmark, all the time trusting in
the basic indifference of the voting public.