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. Relief came unexpectedly in the form of a big dude in a pink Izod passing by with his girlfriend. He aske...
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