Philip Roth's Biography by Blake Bailey Reminds Me of My Dad - Philip Roth Biography Reaction
Getty When I was 18 my father pulled a thief out of a car parked across the street from Philip Roth’s apartment. We were walking up the block when an old man in an undershirt appeared waving a cane over his head yelling, “Stop! Thief!” My father went straight for the car, opened the passenger side door and yanked the kid out by the collar. I stood on the curb waiting for the knife or gun that did not appear—the guy must have been stoned because he could have easily squirmed away. Relie...
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