The Sunday Read: ‘The Ghost Writer’

<p>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.</p><p>His search for a biographer was long and fraught — Mr. Roth parted ways with two, courted one and sued another — before he settled on Blake Bailey, one of the great chroniclers of America’s literary lives.</p><p>Today on The Sunday Read, the journey of rendering a writer whose life was equal parts discipline and exuberance.</p><p><i>This story was written by <strong>Mark Oppenheimer</strong> and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, </i><a href="https://www.audm.com/?utm_source=nytmag&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=the_ghost_writer_oppenheimer" target="_blank"><i>download Audm for iPhone or Android</i></a><i>.</i></p>