Synopsis
The author of "Portnoy's Complaint" and "The Counterlife" has written an unconventional and candid autobiography which explores his life, examines the relationship between fiction and biography and discusses the themes of freedom (of intellect and the imagination) which are used in his writing.
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"Vivid, absorbing" (Hermione Lee Independent)
"Extraordinarily touching" (London Review of Books)
"A dazzling performance" (New York Times)
"The Facts is a lively and serious version of a novelist's life" (New York Review of Books)
"A fine account of the origin of Roth's fiction - Philip Roth continues to be the most vigorous and truthful of American writers" (Newsday)
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Reissued in electric new backlist style, The Facts is Philip Roth's idiosyncratic memoir
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