Not only will it fill a gap in scholarship, but it will provide a broader perspective on the nature and purpose of the acclaimed writer's political thought.

Claudia Franziska Brühwiler is a lecturer and project coordinator at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. She is the author of Political Initiation in the Novels of Philip Roth.

Lee Trepanier is professor of political science at Saginaw Valley State University. He is author or editor of numerous books, including A Political Companion to Saul Bellow.