
In addition to the title novella, set in New Jersey, Goodbye, Columbus contains five short stories: "The Conversion of the Jews," "Defender of the Faith," "Epstein," "You Can't Tell a Man by the Song He Sings," and "Eli, the Fanatic." It was his first book and was published by Houghton Mifflin. He first gained attention with the 1959 novella GOODBYE, COLUMBUS, an irreverent and humorous portrait of American Jewish life for which he received the U.S.

Item #7235 ISBN: 9781931082790 Philip Roth (1933-2018) is an American novelist of considerable repute.


Small 8vo, green cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected glossy black dust jacket (unclipped) with B&W photo of Philip Roth by Naomi Savage, green ribbon page-marker, green Lib of America endpapers, 913 pages + Colophon.
