Operation Shylock

A Confession

By: Philip Roth

Narrated by: Richard Poe

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral—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 (which may or may not be fiction), 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.

©1993 Philip Roth (P)2024 Blackstone Publishing

You'd get shamed out of town for proposing that ending in any writing workshop in America.

Interesting book. Very thought provoking. Author certainly feels a certain way about women.

And then he just pivots into explaining why he couldn't finish the book (after it's maybe already over?) the last few hours was bad writing and didn't add anything to the book.