This was chosen for our book club read months ago, so the fact that I read this just a couple of weeks after Trump's electoral victory really messed with my head. I don't even know what I would've thought of the book without that real-life comparison constantly on my mind. 
 The premise itself is interesting, and unfortunately far too relevant to real life right now. But unfortunately, I wasn't a fan of the book itself. This is my second Roth, and I think I just don't appreciate his writing style. I felt like the book would never end, and not in a good way. And the last quarter of the book, when it goes from a personal narrative style to a more tabloid/newsreel style in order to info-dump the big climactic ending, but then goes back to the personal narrative after all, and then just weirdly ends, didn't help my opinion at all.