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Patrimony 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.



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Nobody 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 *

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/04/1992
      ISBN13: 9780099914303, 978-0099914303
      ISBN10: 0099914301
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      Biography Autobiography: adventurers and explorers ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: fiction Books by Philip Roth

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Patrimony 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 Review
      Nobody 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 *

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