When author Philip Roth, 85, died on May 22, 2018, it hit me hard. Through the years, his books never failed to fascinate. His personal life notwithstanding, his artistic growth was profound. I greedily gobbled up American Pastoral (1997), I Married A Communist (1998), The Human Stain (2000) and The Plot Against America (2004). Among his 29 other books, there was one I purposely refrained from reading. Until now.