Sgn Author Philip Roth, The Anatomy Lesson 1st EdThe Franklin Library Limited First Edition Signed Copy by Author Philip Roth, privately printed leather copy exclusively for the members of The Franklin Signed First Edition Society. Title: The Anatomy Lesson, c. 1983, The Franklin Library. Maroon leather book with intricate gilt , book measures 8.5 x 6 x 1.5 in. Signed author Philip Roth, Autographed Book The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth, collectible books, The a Franklin Library First Edition Book, Drugs and Alcohol novel, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Philip Roth, Personal Library Collectible book, Library, Popular American Novelist , Literature novel, 3 BBPhilip Roth is an American Pulitzer Prize winning author. Premise: Writer Nathan Zuckerman comes down with terrible neck and shoulder pain, then invades his torso, and taking possession of his spirit. Now his work is consumed of going to doctors, but none can find a cause for the pain and nobody can assuage it. Zuckerman himself wonders if the pain was caused by his own books. He becomes dependent on painkillers grows an addiction to vodka, marijuana, and Percodan.