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-# A professional [[writer]] who is paid to write books, articles, stories, or reports which are officially [[credit]]ed to another person.+'''''The Ghost Writer''''' (1979) is the first [[novel]] by [[Philip Roth]] to be narrated by [[Nathan Zuckerman]], one of Roth's [[alter ego]]s, and constitutes the first book in his ''[[Zuckerman Bound]]'' trilogy. The novel touches on themes common to many Roth works, including identity, the responsibilities of authors to their subjects, and the condition of [[Jew]]s in America. Parts of the novel are a [[reprise]] of [[Anne Frank's Diary]].
-A '''ghostwriter''' is a professional [[writer]] who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other content which are officially credited to another person. [[celebrity|Celebrities]], executives, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit [[autobiography|autobiographies]], magazine articles, or other written material. In music, ghostwriters are used in film score composition, as well as in pop music such as Top 40, country, and [[hip-hop]]. The ghostwriter is sometimes acknowledged by the author or publisher for his or her writing services. +
-==As a subject in movies and novels==+
-Movies and novels about ghostwriter:+
-*[[Claude Lelouch]]'s 2006 film ''[[Roman de gare]]''+== Plot introduction==
-*[[Philip Roth]]'s 1979 novel ''[[The Ghost Writer]]''+Nathan Zuckerman is a promising young writer who spends a night in the home of E.I. Lonoff, an established author whom Zuckerman idolizes (and who, it has been argued, is a portrait of [[Bernard Malamud]] or [[Henry Roth]] or a composite of both). Also staying in the Lonoff home is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past whom the narrator apparently comes to suspect as being [[Anne Frank]], living in the [[United States]] anonymously, having survived the Holocaust. It only becomes apparent at the end of this section that this conjecture is part of a fiction composed by Zuckerman.
-*[[Alan Cumming]]'s 2007 horror film ''[[Ghost Writer]]'', formerly ''[[Suffering Man's Charity]]''+
-*[[Roman Polanski]]'s 2010 film ''[[The Ghost Writer (film)|The Ghost Writer]]''+
-== See also ==+==Television movie==
 +In 1984 a [[television]] adaptation was made of the book in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. It was directed by [[Tristram Powell]] and starred [[Rose Arrick]], [[Claire Bloom]], [[Sam Wanamaker]], [[Cecile Mann]], [[MacIntyre Dixon]], [[Mark Linn-Baker]], Ralph Morse, [[Joseph Wiseman]], and [[Patricia Fellows]].
-*[[Book-packaging]]+==Critical reception==
-*[[Essay mill]]+The book was widely praised at publication. In [[The New Yorker]], [[John Updike]] described Roth as "Always one of the most intelligent and energetic of American writers, he has now become one of the most scrupulous." critic Harold Bloom said of the three collected Zuckerman novels, "'Zuckerman Bound' merits something reasonably close to the highest level of esthetic praise for tragicomedy."
-*[[Hack writer]]+ 
-*[[Pen name]]+==Pulitzer Prize==
-*[[Plagiarism]]+The Pulitzer committee for fiction selected ''The Ghost Writer'' for the prize in 1980. The Pulitzer board, which has final say over awarding the prize, overrode their decision and chose [[Norman Mailer|Norman Mailer's]] ''[[The Executioner's Song]]'' instead.
-*[[Publishing]]+ 
-*[[Script doctor]]+==''Exit Ghost''==
 +In 2007, Roth published the novel ''[[Exit Ghost]]'', which [[Michiko Kakutani]] in [[The New York Times]] called "elegiac" and "a kind of valedictory bookend to 'The Ghost Writer.'"
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The Ghost Writer (1979) is the first novel by Philip Roth to be narrated by Nathan Zuckerman, one of Roth's alter egos, and constitutes the first book in his Zuckerman Bound trilogy. The novel touches on themes common to many Roth works, including identity, the responsibilities of authors to their subjects, and the condition of Jews in America. Parts of the novel are a reprise of Anne Frank's Diary.

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Plot introduction

Nathan Zuckerman is a promising young writer who spends a night in the home of E.I. Lonoff, an established author whom Zuckerman idolizes (and who, it has been argued, is a portrait of Bernard Malamud or Henry Roth or a composite of both). Also staying in the Lonoff home is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past whom the narrator apparently comes to suspect as being Anne Frank, living in the United States anonymously, having survived the Holocaust. It only becomes apparent at the end of this section that this conjecture is part of a fiction composed by Zuckerman.

Television movie

In 1984 a television adaptation was made of the book in the UK. It was directed by Tristram Powell and starred Rose Arrick, Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker, Cecile Mann, MacIntyre Dixon, Mark Linn-Baker, Ralph Morse, Joseph Wiseman, and Patricia Fellows.

Critical reception

The book was widely praised at publication. In The New Yorker, John Updike described Roth as "Always one of the most intelligent and energetic of American writers, he has now become one of the most scrupulous." critic Harold Bloom said of the three collected Zuckerman novels, "'Zuckerman Bound' merits something reasonably close to the highest level of esthetic praise for tragicomedy."

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer committee for fiction selected The Ghost Writer for the prize in 1980. The Pulitzer board, which has final say over awarding the prize, overrode their decision and chose Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song instead.

Exit Ghost

In 2007, Roth published the novel Exit Ghost, which Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times called "elegiac" and "a kind of valedictory bookend to 'The Ghost Writer.'"




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