OPERATION SHYLOCK A CONFESSION

WHAT IF A LOOKALIKE STRANGER STOLE YOUR NAME, USURPED YOUR BIOGRAPHY, AND WENT ABOUT THE WORLD PRETENDING TO BE YOU? IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY BOOK, HIS MOST INGENIOUS AND ORIGINAL WORK SINCE THE COUNTERLIFE, PHILLIP ROTH CONFRONTS HIS DOUBLE, AN IMPOSTER WHOSE SELF-APPOINTED TASK IS TO LEAD THE JEWS OUT OF ISRAEL AND BACK TO EUROPE, A MOSES IN REVERSE AND A MONSTROUS NEMESIS TO THE 'REAL' PHILIP ROTH. ROTH DECIDES TO STOP HIM - EVEN IF THAT MEANS IMPERSONATING HIS IMPERSONATOR. SUSPENSFUL, HILARIOUS, HUGELY IMPASSIONED, PULSING WITH INTELLIGENCE AND NARRATIVE ENERGY, OPERATION SHYLOCK IS AT ONCE A SPY STORY, A POLITICAL THRILLER, A MEDITATION ON IDENTITY, AND A CONFESSION.