Human Stain Initial Response

My initial response to the "Human Stain" is that this is going to be kind of a scandalous book because of all of the things Philip Roth has already written. For example, he starts out by talking about a nude Miss America in an issue of Penthouse Magazine. Also, he talks about the Clinton/ Lewinsky scandal. I also like the way the story is coming out so far because I can relate to the things occurring since they are all modern day events like Clinton and the other things they talk about, like Nelson Mandela's experience in prison.