The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth

The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth

When talented young writer Nathan Zuckerman makes his pilgrimage to sit at the feet of his hero, the reclusive master of American Literature, E.

Roth's best novel yet * London Review of Books *
I had only to read the two opening sentences to realize that I was once again in the hands of a superbly endowed storyteller * New York Review of Books *
Further evidence that Roth can do practically anything with fictionHis narrative power - the ability to delight the reader simultaneously with the telling and the tale - is superb * Washington Post *
His prose is immaculate yet curiously plain and unostentatious, as natural as brething -- Al Alvarez

Philip Roth was born in Newark, New Jersey on 19 March 1933, to second-generation Americans Bess and Herman. He grew up in the largely Jewish community of Weequahic, a neighbourhood his writing returned to time and again.

Roth received the National Book Award for his first book, Goodbye, Columbus (1959), but it was his fourth, Portnoy’s Complaint (1969) which secured his reputation as one of America’s finest writers, and American Pastoral (1997) which won the Pulitzer Prize. Roth wrote thirty-one books in all, winning the International Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award twice. He was presented with the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal by Presidents Clinton and Obama, respectively.

Roth died aged eighty-five on 22 May 2018, six years after retiring from writing.

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ISBN 13	9780099477570
ISBN 10	0099477572
Title	The Ghost Writer
Author	Philip Roth
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2005-06-02
Number of pages	192
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