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b'The author Philip Roth, who died in 2018, was not sure whether he wanted to be the subject of a biography. In the end, he decided that he wanted to be known and understood. \\n\\nHis search for a biographer was long and fraught \\u2014 Mr. Roth parted ways with two, courted one and sued another \\u2014 before he settled on Blake Bailey, one of the great chroniclers of America\\u2019s literary lives.\\n\\nToday on The Sunday Read, the journey of rendering a writer whose life was equal parts discipline and exuberance.'