Portnoys Complaint

The Philip Roth Reader: Both Of The Great American Pastimes

Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill James, George Will, World Series, Books, The Philip Roth Reader, Chicago Cubs, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint, Roger Angell, The Inner Life, Books News
Karen Stabiner

Who are the great baseball writers? Roger Angell, Bill James, George Will (eing a lifetime Chicago Cubs fan has to count for something). Oh yeah -- and Philip Roth in Portnoy's Complaint.

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The Philip Roth Reader: Softball, Sex, Portnoy And That Whole 60s Thing

Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1960s, Books, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, The Philip Roth Reader, Sex, The Limey, Portnoy's Complaint, Authors, Books News
Karen Stabiner

Portnoy's Complaint is, after all, a portrait of the artist as a young shark. He's constantly on the move; even if his body holds still long enough to lie on the analyst's couch, that brain is a perpetual motion machine.

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The Philip Roth Reader: Who Cares What Kind of Husband He Was?

Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Misogyny, When She Was Good, The Godfather, The Beatles, Letting Go, Sgt. Pepper, The Philip Roth Reader, Portnoy's Complaint, Feminism, Reading, Books, Philip Roth, Books News
Karen Stabiner

Bad novels happen to good people, and vice versa, and I honestly don't care what kind of a husband Philip Roth was as long as he wakes up every morning and goes to work.

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