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Introduction
Philip roth was a literary super star for what seemed like forever, from his debut back when eisenhauer was president. He wanted a biographer, but he couldn't decide on the right one. Blake bailey spent six years with the roth papers. It almost hurts to imagine the effort of piecing together another writer's life,. But this is what bailey does, he writes big, difinutive biographies of major american writers like richard yates, john cheever and now roth.