<p><b>''Subtle, funny and furious'' <i>Observer</i></b><br><br>What if a lookalike stranger stole your name, hijacked your biography, and went about the world pretending to be you? <br><br>Startlingly, Philip Roth meets a man in Jerusalem called Philip Roth who has been touring Israel - riding high on the author''s reputation - preaching a bizarre reverse-exodus of the Jews, encouraging them to return to their ancestral homes in Europe. Roth decides to stop him, even if that means impersonating the impersonator.<br><br><i>Operation Shylock</i> is at once spy story, political thriller, meditation on identity and unfathomable journey through a volatile, frightening middle-east.</p>