The Humbling: A Novel

“Elegant and brutal…. Direct and urgent, a taut and controlled fever-dream that demands to be experienced at a single sitting…. [He] is a master.” —The Los Angeles Times

“A vitally important addition to Philip Roth’s already amazing body of work.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

Told with Philip Roth's inimitable urgency and bravura, The Humbling is the story of what happens when one of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his sixties, has lost his magic, his talent, and his...