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Sam Sussman’s Novel Is About His Jewish Mom and the Teasing Possibility that Bob Dylan Is His Dad  - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Sam Sussman's novel uses fiction to explore themes of identity, grief, and Jewish resilience, focusing on his late mother's life and a paternity mystery involving Bob Dylan.

Sam Sussman’s debut novel, “Boy from the North Country,” revolves around a mystery: Was Bob Dylan, the singer and Nobel laureate, the narrator’s father?    Sussman could have written this tale as a memoir, an expansion perhaps of the 2021 essay he wrote for Harper’s Magazine: “The Silent Type: On (Possibly) Being Bob Dylan’s Son.” His mother Fran, a former actress and art student, spoke occasionally and usually sparingly about her romantic invol…

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency broke the news in on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
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