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Publisher: Vintage

Author: Philip Roth

ISBN: 9780679750291

Fiction

Operation Shylock by
Philip Roth

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$ 450.00 mxn

Operation Shylock by

Philip Roth

Reviews

"A brilliant novel of ideas ... Roth has gone farther into his own genius than he ever has before."

Ted Solotaroff, The Nation

Summary

A fiendishly imaginative book that features Israeli intelligence agents, Palestinian exiles, an accused war criminal, and an enticing charter member of an organization called Anti-Semites Anonymous.

In this book, 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 wild cast of characters, Operation Shylock barrels across the frontier between fact and fiction, seriousness and high comedy, history and nightmare.
Winner of the Pen / Faulkner Award.

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