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Book SynopsisPatrimony is a true story about the relationship between a father and a son.
Philip Roth watches as his eight-six-year-old father, famous for his vigour, his charm and his skill as a raconteur - lovingly called 'the Bard of Newark' - battles with the brain tumour that will kill him.
Trade ReviewNobody writes about the American family with more tenderness and honesty * New Statesman *
A simple, moving, generous work * Independent on Sunday *
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away - with words. But the Lord giveth back, miraculously, in the form of this book and this family history * Guardian *
A true story, told with all the powerful authority and cunning narrative order of a major writer * Sunday Times *
His best work since
The Counterlife * Observer *
