Copyright © 2021 by Blake Bailey
Copyright © 2021 by the Estate of Philip Roth
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Bailey, Blake, author.
Title: Philip Roth : the biography / Blake Bailey.
Description: First edition. | New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020048471 | ISBN 9780393240726 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780393651102 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Roth, Philip. | Authors, American—20th century—Biography. | Jewish authors—United States—Biography.
Classification: LCC PS3568.O855 Z55 2021 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
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