The novelist Philip Roth, who explored America through the contradictions of his own character for more than six decades, died on Tuesday aged 85. Blake Bailey (@BlakeBaileyOn) Philip Roth died tonight, surrounded by lifelong friends who loved him dearly. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Philip Roth pictured in 1968 revisiting Newark, his childhood home. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Philip Roth with Claire Bloom in 1990. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ian McEwan on Philip Roth - the GuardianTowards the end of his life, Roth returned to the personal, circling round mortality in 2006’s Everyman, and the final Zuckerman novel, 2007’s Exit Ghost.

Source: The Guardian May 23, 2018 03:29 UTC