Operation Shylock
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Operation Shylock: A Confession is a 1993 novel by American novelist Philip Roth. The novel is presented as a first-person narrative by the author, following him on a trip to Israel and describing how
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Roth in the 1980s
Aharon Appelfeld
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Aharon Appelfeld was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor.
Operation Shylock
…month emotional collapse driven by the side effects of later-banned sleeping pill Halcion. Undertaking to travel to Israel to interview Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld, he is side-tracked by the news that an impersonator has appropriated his identity. The impersonator has Roth's facial features, goes by the same name…
Aharon Appelfeld, Israeli author