Roth esurrects the characters of his trilogy, Zuckerman Bound (1985), to create his best novel since Portnoy's Complaint (1969) and his technically most complex. The novel contains a long section set in Israel in which Roth presents opposing views — right, left, and center — on Israel's mission, its occupation of the West Bank, and the infighting among Israelis. In a later chapter, he brings up the vexed question of anti-Semitism, particularly in.....
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