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The incomparable Philip Roth: looking back on his life in fiction

Bookends with Mattea Roach
Bookends with Mattea Roach
Episode • Feb 4, 2024 • 54m
Looking back on Philip Roth, one of the most celebrated American writers, who died in 2018, aged 85. From Goodbye, Columbus and Portnoy’s Complaint to The Plot Against America — Roth’s legacy lives on. He spoke to Eleanor Wachtel in 2009 about his early success, coping with fame and controversy, and the evolution of his writing... and his life.

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