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Exhibiting all his skill as a brilliant observer of human passion, Roth presents in Deception the tightly enclosed world of adulterous intimacy with a directness that has no equal in American fiction. At the center of the novel are Philip and his lover, an Englishwoman compromised... Read Full Overview

In his most provocative novel since Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth explores the secret nuances of erotic love. A married, middle-aged American living in London has regular trysts with his married English mistress. Their story transforms us into eavesdroppers, witnesses to their... Read Full Overview

'This swift, elegant, disturbing novel...stands at the extreme of contemporary fiction' New York Times Book Review

A dazzling novel about a man and woman married to other people--and the riveting conversations that take place before and after they make love--from the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral.

"With the lover everyday life recedes," Roth writes--and... Read Full Overview

A dazzling novel about a man and woman married to other people--and the riveting conversations that take place before and after they make love--from the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral.

"With the lover everyday life recedes," Roth writes--and... Read Full Overview

A dazzling novel about a man and woman married to other people--and the riveting conversations that take place before and after they make love--from the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral.

"With the lover everyday life recedes," Roth writes--and... Read Full Overview