Operation Shylock: A Confession

Description

Product ID:	9780099307914
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Operation Shylock
Subtitle:	A Confession
Authors:	Author: Philip Roth
Page Count:	400
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Espionage and spy thriller, Espionage & spy thriller
Description:	Select Guide Rating Startlingly, Philip Roth meets a man in Jerusalem called Philip Roth who has been touring Israel - riding high on the author's reputation - preaching a bizarre reverse-exodus of the Jews, encouraging them to return to their ancestral homes in Europe. ''Subtle, funny and furious'' Observer What if a lookalike stranger stole your name, hijacked your biography, and went about the world pretending to be you? Startlingly, Philip Roth meets a man in Jerusalem called Philip Roth who has been touring Israel - riding high on the author''s reputation - preaching a bizarre reverse-exodus of the Jews, encouraging them to return to their ancestral homes in Europe. Roth decides to stop him, even if that means impersonating the impersonator. Operation Shylock is at once spy story, political thriller, meditation on identity and unfathomable journey through a volatile, frightening middle-east.
Imprint Name:	Vintage
Publisher Name:	Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	1994-06-16

Weight	288 g
Dimensions	197 × 130 × 26 mm