Can the work of a novelist who has made an art out of his alter egos be illuminated by a chronicle of his life?
Operation Shylock: A Confession
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Time Magazine Best American Novel (1993)
In this fiendishly imaginative book (which may or may not be fiction), Philip Roth meets a man who may or may not be Philip Roth. Because someone with that name has been touring Israel, promoting a bizarre reverse exodus of the Jews. Roth is intent on stopping him, even if that means impersonating his own impersonator.
With excruciating suspense, unfettered philosophical speculation, and a cast of characters that includes Israeli intelligence agents, Palestinian exiles, an accused war criminal, and an enticing charter member of an organization called Anti-Semites Anonymous, Operation Shylock barrels across the frontier between fact and fiction, seriousness and high comedy, history and nightmare.
Operation Shylock: A Confession
Time Magazine Best American Novel (1993)
In this fiendishly imaginative book (which may or may not be fiction), Philip Roth meets a man who may or may not be Philip Roth. Because someone with that name has been touring Israel, promoting a bizarre reverse exodus of the Jews. Roth is intent on stopping him, even if that means impersonating his own impersonator.
With excruciating suspense, unfettered philosophical speculation, and a cast of characters that includes Israeli intelligence agents, Palestinian exiles, an accused war criminal, and an enticing charter member of an organization called Anti-Semites Anonymous, Operation Shylock barrels across the frontier between fact and fiction, seriousness and high comedy, history and nightmare.
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| ISBN-13: | 9780679750291 |
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| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 02/15/1994 |
| Series: | Vintage International Series |
| Edition description: | First Vintage International Edition |
| Pages: | 400 |
| Sales rank: | 209,245 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.17(w) x 7.96(h) x 0.88(d) |
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