Blake Bailey

I don't want you to rehabilitate me, Philip Roth said to his only authorised biographer, Blake Bailey. Just make me interesting. Granted complete independence and access, Bailey spent almost ten years poring over Roth's personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and listening to Roth's own breathtakingly candid confessions. Cynthia Ozick, in her front-page rave for the New York...

The renowned biographer's definitive portrait of a literary titan Superlative... definitive and genuinely gripping — SUNDAY TIMES Utterly engrossing — EVENING STANDARD Compulsively readable... Beautifully written... Definitive — OBSERVER Appointed by Philip Roth and granted complete access and independence, Blake Bailey spent years poring over Roth's personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and engaging Roth himself in breathtakingly...