The Human Stain – Philip Roth [Signed]

Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. Signed and inscribed by Roth on title page. First Edition. Number line commencing at “1”. Unclipped dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Dust jacket with original price showing “$26.00” and code “0500” at front flap, crisp, clean, unmarked, without chipping or creasing. Two-tone black cloth spine with black paper covered boards, gilt lettering at spine. Book is sharp and bright, unmarked, and handsomely preserved. Virtually imperceptible shelf wear at tail.

The novel by Philip Roth (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) tells the haunting story of Coleman Silk, a respected classics professor whose career and identity unravel after he is falsely accused of racism. As his friend and narrator Nathan Zuckerman pieces together the truth, Silk’s secret past, including a life he reinvented, emerges, transforming the narrative into an exploration of identity, shame, and reinvention in contemporary America. Set in 1998 in a small New England town.