Portnoy's Complaint

Name: Portnoy's Complaint
Author: Philip Roth

by Philip Roth

Comic novel of a son's neurotic monologue to his psychiatrist about sex and identity

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Philip Roth

American novelist celebrated for his darkly comic explorations of Jewish-American identity, masculinity, and the erotic imagination. His alter ego Nathan Zuckerman anchors a loose fictional autobiography spanning decades of American life. He won the Pulitzer Prize, the Man Booker International Prize, and numerous other honors.

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