Our Gang (starring Tricky and His Friends)

In The Character Of Tricky - Self Pronounced Legal Whiz, Peace-Loving Quaker - And Shomehow, President Of The United States -Philip Roth Has Created One Of The Greatest Hypocritical Opportunities In Contemporary Literature. An Unprincipled Self-Seeker Who Hides His Heartlessness Behind The Anaesthetising Cliches Of High Office, Ticky'S Public Language Is A Merciless Parody Of That 'Candid' Presidential Prose Which Is Merely Double-Talk. Though Steeped In Fantasy, Slapstick And Burlesque Routines, Our Gang Is Conceived In Indignation, A Satirical Vision Of A Debased National Leadership Speaking A Language That, In Orwell'S Words, Is Designed To Make Lies Sound Truthful And Murder Respectable, And Give An Appearance Of Solidity To Pure Wind.