Literary trip around a secret life

The Scientists: A Family Romance by Marco Roth

**Union Books, €18.90**

**Reviewed by Brendan Daly**

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The only child of a doctor and a classical musician, writer and literary magazine founder Marco Roth seemed to enjoy a gilded upbringing. The family's Upper West Side apartment, overlooking New York's Central Park, was dominated by huge bookcases crammed with literary classics, and Schubert recitals were frequently hosted in his home by his mother and her ...