Source: "Nice Jewish Boys: The Comedy of Goodbye, Columbus and the Early Stories," in Philip Roth Revisited, Twayne Publishers, 1992, pp. 13-36.
In the following excerpt, Halio explores the dark humor present in each of Goodbye, Columbus 's five short stories.
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