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    Where did Phillip Roth's novel "Goodbye Columbus" take place?

    Question #117954. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Oct 05 10 11:58 AM)


    JaneofGaunt

    New Jersey

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye,_Columbus

    Oct 05 10, 12:44 PM
    29CoveRoad

    Short Hills, New Jersey, to be exact, however you were right.

    "Philip Roth's first book, Goodbye Columbus, is mostly set in Short Hills the home of the girlfriend of the character Neil Klugman and her family. Since Roth was from nearby Newark, New Jersey, he probably had been to Short Hills himself."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Hills,_New_Jersey

    [Added reference. - McG]

    Oct 05 10, 12:56 PM


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