Operation Shylock
, by ROTH, PHILIPNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780679750291 | 0679750290
- Cover: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 3/15/1994
TimeMagazine 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. Becausesomeonewith 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 Shylockbarrels across the frontier between fact and fiction, seriousness and high comedy, history and nightmare.