Philip Roth — My Life As a Man

London, Jonathan Cape, 1974. Cloth. A lovely, first UK edition copy of this introspective novel by American writer Philip Roth, enclosed in the original unclipped dust wrapper. This introspective novel contains two parts, the first of which contains two short stories, 'Salad Days' and 'Courting Disaster (or Serious in the Fifties)&apos. The second part of the novel contains a first-person memoir of the supposed writer of the short stories included in the first part, a Jewish author named Peter Tarnopol. An introspective exploration of the writing process and the characters' relationship with the concept of manhood.The first UK edition of this work.Enclosed in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Original unclipped dust wrapper has some light chipping and edgewear. A small amount of loss to the tail of the front wrap, and the head of the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. A small paint mark to the head of the gutter at the pastedown and front free-endpaper, and a small amount of age-toning to the edge of the front free-endpaper. Otherwise, pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good.