Novelist Philip Roth Has Died at 85
Here are seven essential Roth books to read in honor of the great American novelist.
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Roth's first collection of fiction includes the titular novella, plus five short stories all set in the parts of New Jersey to which Roth would so often return. The debut is classic Roth: irreverent, provocative, sexy, and both a celebration and a slight indictment of middle-class Jewish identity in post-war America.
Here are seven essential Roth books to read in honor of the great American novelist.