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Roth, Philip : Exit Ghost

Houghton Mifflin, New York City, NY, 2007

ISBN 0618915478

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 292 pages. The author's eighth and final "Zuckerman" novel. One of Philip Roth's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Philip Roth's "Exit Ghost". The final "Zuckerman" novel. The title is aptly allusive, as the very first novel featuring Nathan Zuckerman is "The Ghost Writer". After more than a decade in rural New England, Nathan Zuckerman, now 71 years old, returns to New York City, to consult his doctor about the prostate condition that has left him incontinent and impotent (the first two major blows in the Rothian universe, dire intimations of mortality, the third and final blow being death). "Roth being Roth, the plot is much more complicated than it at first appears. Within a few days of arriving in New York, Zuckerman accidentally encounters Amy Bellette, the woman who was once the muse/wife of his beloved idol, writer S. I. Lonoff. He also meets a young novelist, and promptly begins fantasizing about the writer's young and beautiful wife. There's also a sub-plot about a would-be Lonoff biographer, who enrages Zuckerman with his brashness and ambition, two qualities a faithful Roth reader cannot help ascribing to the young, sycophantic Zuckerman himself. Roth's voice is wise, rueful, and full of wit" (Publishers Weekly). The novel is "haunted by Roth's earlier works, the melancholy comedy of 'The Ghost Writer', the counterpoint of the imaginary and the real in 'The Counterlife', the distinctive dialogues of 'Deception'. A reminder of Roth's incomparable style and themes, and an amazing leap into yet another phase in this great writer's insatiable commitment to fiction" (Publisher's blurb). The publication of "Exit Ghost" coincides with the release of the Zuckerman Trilogy itself ("The Ghost Writer", "Zuckerman Unbound", and "The Anatomy Lesson") as Volume Four of The Library of America Series, the only writer so honored while he was still alive. Philip Roth died on May 22, 2018 of congestive heart failure, literally of heartbreak, at the age of 85. An absolute "must-have" title for Philip Roth collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Philip Roth. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Six of Philip Roth's novels were selected as among the Top 20 works of American fiction of the last 25 years: "American Pastoral", "The Counterlife", "Operation Shylock", "Sabbath's Theater", "The Human Stain", and "The Plot Against America". One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PHILIP ROTH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0618915478.

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ROTH**, PHILIP: : EXIT GHOST

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2007.

ISBN 9780224081733.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,white background with red+black lettering illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with author's b/w portrait photograph to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore- edges generally bright and clean but showing slight ageing/toning; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-292pp [paginated] includes 5 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram,a title separator page,and 2pp blanks at rear. The last of the 'Nathan Zuckerman' novels and was also Roth's last novel. Like Rip Van Winkle returning to his hometown to find that all has changed,Nathan Zuckerman comes back to New York,the city he left eleven years before.Alone on his New England mountain, Zuckerman has been nothing but a writer: no voices, no media, no terrorist threats, no women, no news, no tasks other than his work and the enduring of old age.Walking the streets like a revenant,he quickly makes three connections that explode his carefully protected solitude. One is with a young couple with whom,in a rash moment,he offers to swap homes.They will flee post-9/11 Manhattan for his country refuge,and he will return to city life.But from the time he meets them,Zuckerman also wants to swap his solitude for the erotic challenge of the young woman,Jaime,whose allure draws him back to all that he thought he had left behind: intimacy, the vibrant play of heart and body. The second connection is with a figure from Zuckerman's youth,Amy Bellette,companion and muse to Zuckerman's first literary hero,E.I. Lonoff.The once irresistible Amy is now an old woman depleted by illness,guarding the memory of that grandly austere American writer who showed Nathan the solitary path to a writing vocation. The third connection is with Lonoff's would-be biographer,a young literary hound who will do and say nearly anything to get to Lonoff's "great secret." Suddenly involved,as he never wanted or intended to be involved again,with love,mourning,desire,and animosity, Zuckerman plays out an interior drama of vivid and poignant possibilities. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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Roth, Philip : EXIT GHOST

Jonathan Cape, London, 2007

ISBN 9780224081733

8vo. 292pp. [24681097531]. As new. No inscriptions or clipping. A Nathan Zuckerman novel.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: hard back. Jacket: Fine

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