publication, the novel was controversial due to its postmodern devices, ostensible self-obsession and its treatment of the Israeli-Arab conflict, but has been the subject of renewed interest and acclaim since.

Plot

The novel follows narrator "Philip Roth" on a journey to Israel, where he attends the trial of accused war criminal John Demjanjuk and becomes involved in an intelligence mission--the "Operation Shylock"

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