SOURCE: Wood, James. “The Cost of Clarity.” New Republic 222, nos. 16 & 17 (17 & 24 April 2000): 70-8.
In the following mixed review of The Human Stain, Wood traces Roth's literary development, asserting he is “an extraordinarily intelligent novelist” whose intellect may actually contribute to his “vulgarianism.”
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