Goodbye Columbus Author:Phillip Roth a novella and five stories deal with the intermingled comedy and tragedy, hilarity and heartbreak of modern Jewish-American life...Whether dissecting a passionate, youthful love affair or the divided loyalties of a Jewish top sergeant; whether portraying the desperate alienation of a middle-aged man or the wild flights of a weirdly imaginative y... more »oung boy, Philip Roth demonstrates the amazing talents that have made him one of the foremost writers of his generation--and this, his first great success, a classic of our time.« less