Monday, March 28, 2011

Book review: Portnoy's Complaint

Authored by Philip Roth in 1967 (1967 is the copyright year according to the edition notice; Wikipedia lists the year as 1969, perhaps that is the year of publication).

I picked up this book after searching without luck for Roth's "An American Pastoral". I'll read "Pastoral" later. Roth has authored more than a dozen books and this is one title I have heard repeatedly.

"Complaint" is a real page-turner, humorous and grotesque at the same time. Some libraries and schools, according to Wikipedia, banned it on release owing to its sexual content. I can understand why.

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