FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2008, file photo, author Philip Roth poses for a photo in the offices of his publisher in New York.
A biography of the late author, "Philip Roth: The Biography" by Blake Bailey, comes out April 7.
(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK β The life of Philip Roth was a story.
Blake Bailey's βPhilip Roth,β a volume Roth had imagined in some form for more than 20 years, comes out April 7.
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