Synopsis
Tells of a story of Alexander Portnoy, who is thrust through life by his unappeasable sexuality, yet held back at the same time by the grip of his unforgettable childhood. From the author of OUR GANG.
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Review
" Roth is the bravest writer in the United States. He's morally brave, he's politically brave. And Portnoy is part of that bravery." -- Cynthia Ozick, "Newsday"
" Deliciously funny...absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious... a brilliantly vivid reading experience." --"New York Times Book Review
"" Simply one of the two or three funniest works in American fiction." -- "Chicago Sun-Times
"" Touching as well as hilariously lewd.... Roth is vibrantly talented...as marvelous a mimic and fantasist as has been produced by the most verbal group in human history." -- Alfred Kazin, "New York Review of Books"
"Roth is the bravest writer in the United States. He's morally brave, he's politically brave. And Portnoy is part of that bravery." —Cynthia Ozick, "Newsday"
"Deliciously funny...absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious... a brilliantly vivid reading experience."--"New York Times Book Review
""Simply one of the two or three funniest works in American fiction." —"Chicago Sun-Times
""Touching as well as hilariously lewd.... Roth is vibrantly talented...as marvelous a mimic and fantasist as has been produced by the most verbal group in human history." —Alfred Kazin, "New York Review of Books"
"Roth is the bravest writer in the United States. He's morally brave, he's politically brave. And Portnoy is part of that bravery." --Cynthia Ozick, Newsday
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