cover image Operation Shylock: A Confession

Operation Shylock: A Confession

Philip Roth. Vintage Books USA, $16 (400pp) ISBN 978-0-679-75029-1

Roth's brilliant, absurdist novel, set in Jerusalem during the trial of John Demjanjuk, follows the intersecting paths of two characters who share Roth's name and impersonate one another with dizzying speed. (Mar.)