A fantastic book. This Philip Roth - he is quite the high-ranking joker, truly a rare bird. In Berlin, they say: I had as much fun as could be. Marcel Reich-Ranicki in the FAZ: "In the lover, everyday life takes a backseat," Roth writes. In "Deception," he proves to be a brilliant observer of human passions and takes us into the confined world of an adulterous relationship, with a directness that is unparalleled in American literature. The plot of the book unfolds through conversations - mostly, we hear the two lovers before or after the act of love. Nothing more happens, but nothing more is needed.