 First edition cover | |
| Author | Philip Roth |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Zuckerman Bound |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
Publication date | 19 September 1979 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 180 pp |
| ISBN | 0-374-16189-5 |
| OCLC | 4933340 |
| 813/.5/4 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.R8454 Gh PS3568.O855 |
| Followed by | Zuckerman Unbound |
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The Ghost Writer is a 1979 novel by the American author Philip Roth. It is the first of Roth's novels narrated by Nathan Zuckerman, one of the author's putative fictional alter egos, and constitutes the first book in his Zuckerman Bound trilogy. The novel touches on themes common to many Roth works, including identity, the responsibilities of authors to their subjects, and the condition of Jews in America. Parts of the novel are a reprise of The Diary of Anne Frank.[1]