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the 1960 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. The book was not without controversy, as people within the Jewish community took issue with Roth's less than flattering portrayal of some characters. The short story "Defender of the Faith", about a Jewish sergeant who is exploited by three shirking, coreligionist draftees, drew particular ire. When Roth appeared on a panel in 1962 alongside the distinguished black novelist Ralph Ellison to discuss minority

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