'Operation Shylock' in weekly installments - that would have been wonderful!

There are two Philip Roths in "Operation Shylock."

Despite this effort, separating the real from the fictional in Operation Shylock is not wholly impossible.

Operation Shylock received the 1993 PEN/Faulkner Award for best novel.

"Roth" would also be narrator of the novels Operation Shylock and The Plot Against America.

Over all, "Sabbath's Theater" is no less a virtuoso performance than its predecessor, "Operation Shylock," but it has a depth and resonance unattained there.

Operation Shylock (1993)

Despite the scathing account of Israeli realities in "Operation Shylock," Mr. Roth says he expects no scandal.

Philip Roth's Operation Shylock.

Roth's trip to Israel to interview Appelfeld inspired his novel Operation Shylock.