The Humbling by Philip Roth

By Christopher Guerin

Simon Axler, a stage and screen actor of near legendary stature, has earned the “reputation as the last of the best of the classical American stage actors.” The novel begins: “He’d lost his magic.” [10 November 2009]

Exit Ghost by Philip Roth

By Michael Antman

No one can complain that Philip Roth, of all authors, is politically correct, or that he pretends to be something other than his highly sexualized, readily outraged, and coruscatingly intelligent self. [8 October 2007]

Everyman by Philip Roth

By Steve Shymanik

Everyman is of a piece with Roth's oeuvre and yet somehow distinct and unique. [23 May 2006]

New novel takes Philip Roth back to college [8 October 2008]