Jamal Awil

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Author Philip Roth countered imposture by impersonating his impersonator [fact]

Do nothing, and you lose all control. Try for control, and you concede to being a two-bit shill: some hawk books, some hawk toilets, it’s all the same hustle. Real Roth does not sue, opting instead for a wild journey impersonating his impersonator through the West Bank and beyond.

XREF: Connects to the broader practice of authors responding to unauthorized impersonation; echoes how other artists have responded to fakery through creative acts rather than legal action.

Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, loc. 463