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Philip Roth
has suggested in the past that he was finished writing new novels even though
he published four works between 2006 and 2010, but last Friday a spokesperson
for publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt confirmed to the New
York Times a remark Roth originally made to a French publication: "To
tell you the truth, I'm done," Roth had said. "'Nemesis' will be my
last book." HMH's Lori Glazer told the Times, "I spoke to Philip
today and he confirmed that Nemesis is his last book."
But another story making the rounds last
week can be debunked. In early November Israel's Haaretz
ran an interview with Elie
Wiesel which contained this curious and surprising quote:
"[President Barack] Obama and I decided to write a book together, a book
of two friends." Without checking what people in publishing would
recognize as dubious, particularly since President Obama is already under
contract with Crown for additional works to be published after he completes his
second term in office, that story was dutifully repeated by the Guardian, the WSJ
and others.
Having done some digging, a source close to
the President confirms to us on background, "There is no book deal and no
book planned."
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