The Ghost Writer.

Roth, Philip

Published by Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, New York, 1979

About this Item

First edition of the author's first book in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sigrid Spaeth. The first volume of the trilogy and epilogue Zuckerman Bound, The Ghost Writer is about the tensions between literature and life, artistic truthfulness and conventional decencyâ "and about those implacable practitioners who live with the consequences of sacrificing one for the other. "Further evidence that Roth can do practically anything with fiction. His narrative powerâ "the ability to delight the reader simultaneously with the telling and the taleâ "is superb" (Washington Post).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ghost Writer.
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 1979
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Edition