By Jonathan Price
Philip Roth died a month ago. And it is a great loss though little surprise since he was 85 and had intentionally retired from writing six years ago and not given a farewell tour. His prominence is perhaps indicated by several articles the next day in the main section of the New York Times1 marking his death, and a two-day retrospective of his interviews with Terry Gross on Fresh Air2 (culled from seven interviews over the past, say, 25 years).
