The Ghost Writer

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The Ghost Writer (1979, ISBN 0-679-74898-9) is a novel by Philip Roth. It is the first to be narrated by Nathan Zuckerman, one of Roth's alter egos and constitutes the first book in his Zuckerman Bound trilogy and epilogue. 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.

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Nathan Zuckerman is a promising young writer who spends a night in the home of E.I. Lonoff, an established author whom Zuckerman idolizes (and who is, some critics have argued, a portrait of Bernard Malamud). Also staying in the Lonoff home is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past. In a remarkable sequence, the narrator suggests that Amy Bellette believes herself to be Anne Frank who has survived the Holocaust and is living in the United States anonymously.

[edit] Television movie

In 1984 a television adaptation was made of the book in the UK. It was directed by Tristram Powell and starred Rose Arrick, Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker, Cecile Mann, MacIntyre Dixon, Mark Linn-Baker, Joseph Wiseman, and Patricia Fellows.

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