He has won every other literary prize in the book, including the Man Booker International, the Prix Medicis Etranger, the Pulitzer and the National Book Award, a position of dominance that, in line with European-held stereotypes about his countrymen generally, only leaves him wanting more.
Even though Philip Roth might have a whole plethora of awards, the Nobel Prize in Literature has eluded him again this year. The Guardian questions why that matters.
