We are heading for a Roth spring. In April, Philip Roth: The Biography by Blake Bailey arrives in bookshops, published by W. W. Norton & Co. I have waited for this official biography for years, ever since I watched Philip Roth Unleashed (2014), a documentary in two parts, part of the BBC series Imagine. Bailey was one of many interviewees and talked about the writing; Roth chose him specifically for the task and gave Bailey all the papers he needed. Last summer when the cover was released, I couldn't contain my excitement: it meant the wait was getting shorter.
Cover photo: Bob Peterson, 1968
Philip Roth: The Biography
By Blake Bailey
Hardback, 880 pages
ISBN: 9780393240726
W. W. Norton & Company
By Blake Bailey
Hardback, 880 pages
ISBN: 9780393240726
W. W. Norton & Company
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