Philip Roth is the master of the uncomfortable, and his alter ego a connoisseur
of self-involvement, self-loathing, and self-examination. In The Ghost Writer,
Roth examines the tensions between literature and life, artistic truthfulness
and conventional decency. At 23, Nathan Zuckerman has already hurt his family
with his autobiographical art and ruined his relationship with adultery and
dishonesty. Visiting his reclusive idol (famed for his "blend of sympathy and
pitilessness") in the Berkshires, the writer watches himself watching himself
and attempts to confront his work and life. Events, however, have their
revenge, weaving more out of control than even he can anticipate or ask for.

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