by Philip Roth
First published 1993
Philip Roth's mind-bending novel follows a writer who encounters his own doppelganger - a man claiming to be the real Philip Roth. As the two Roths engage in a bizarre game of cat and mouse, the lines between reality and fiction begin to blur. Roth must confront his own demons, including a growing obsession with the state of Israel, in a high-stakes chase that blurs the boundaries of identity. Can he reclaim his life, or will his alter ego consume him?
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: identity-crisis, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Israel
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
398 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster