“A few weeks ago, I noticed a friend of mine talking about Philip Roth. I’ve never read any Roth before, though I was certainly aware of his acclaim. I made a mental note: read some Roth. Then a couple weeks later I saw another friend talking about the author. Clearly I needed to get on this writer sooner rather than later; all signs pointed in that direction. I started looking up lists of his books, getting an idea of where to start. There were other books already on my plate, but I could bump those back a spot or two to make room for Philip Roth. The plan was formulating and now I just needed to pick up copies of some of his books. That’s when a most serendipitous event occurred.”

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