{"product_id":"operation-shylock-a-confession-isbn-9780063499737","title":"Operation Shylock: A Confession","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PEN\/FAULKNER AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“One of Roth’s grand inventions…. [He is] a comic genius.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWildly suspenseful and unexpectedly hilarious, \u003ci\u003eOperation Shylock\u003c\/i\u003e is the daring offspring of a propulsive spy story, a meditation on identity politics, an auto-fictional reckoning, and a confrontation with a volatile, nightmarish time in history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1988, Philip Roth arrives in a Jerusalem thrown into chaos. The First Intifada has begun, and the country is equally enraptured and disturbed by the groundbreaking, televised trial of infamous Nazi camp guard, John Demjanjuk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmidst the mayhem, Roth encounters a man who has set out to spread “Diasporism,” a strange new ideology that advocates for a reverse-exodus of Ashkenazi Jews. Even more bizarre: This activist is also named Philip Roth, looks a lot like Philip Roth, and claims he is a celebrity author who has written all the same books as Philip Roth…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoth is intent on stopping him, even if that means impersonating his own impersonator.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“One of Roth’s grand inventions…. [He is] a comic genius … a living master.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The uncontested master of comic irony.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant novel of ideas … Roth has gone farther into his own genius than he ever has before.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nothing short of stunning.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An astoundingly accomplished piece of work.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588031033573,"sku":"NP9780063499737","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/operation-shylock-a-confession-isbn-9780063499737","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}