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Philip Roth Goes Back to Collegenew

One of Portnoy's favorite words takes on new resonance in Roth's 29th novel.
Boston Phoenix  |  Richard Beck  |  09-24-2008  |  Fiction

Philip Roth's Latest Gives Us a World Caught Between Warsnew

Since 2000, Roth has compressed the thematic dynamism of his masterpieces into tales that can be read in the time it takes you to watch a baseball game. Indignation, his latest bravura performance in the form, is a haunting, bleakly comic time-capsule of a book
Las Vegas Weekly  |  John Freeman  |  09-19-2008  |  Fiction

Bones of Lifenew

Septuagenarian Philip Roth meditates on sex, family and death.
Montreal Mirror  |  Juliet Waters  |  05-26-2006  |  Fiction

Twilight of the Gods?new

Off his game, but we hope not out of the competition, Philip Roth can't sustain the premise of his audacious historical rewrite.
Seattle Weekly  |  Tim Appelo  |  12-22-2004  |  Fiction

Lindbergh's America: Reading Philip Roth Post-11/2new

If reading Philip Roth's The Plot Against America pre-Nov. 2 suggested a twisted parable about current events, then reading it after the elections is downright eerie.
Boston Phoenix  |  Jon Garelick  |  12-01-2004  |  Fiction

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