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The 25th-anniversary edition of Roth's classic novel features a new afterword by the author.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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This is the first audio recording of this work, tying in with the 30th anniversary of the novel's publication. Author Roth both chose the reader, actor Ron Silver, and supervised the taping.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 Portnoy Needs an Imodium, Nov. 9 2001

Par	JENNIFER R. BERG (Bend, OR United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Portnoy's Complaint (Paperback)

Enjoying caustic, in-your-face satire every now and again, I really gave this book a girlscout's try, but the thought of wading through yet one more chapter of this muck gave me severe indigestion. I have never suffered through such streaming diarreha of one's consciousness, and unlike most, I found the story (oh, was there a story?) to hold little to no humor or literary, spiritual, psychological or any other worthiness. What's the appeal here? My life is too short to have to scoop poop for 289 pages before finally being enlightened by Roth's take on the real meaning of bowel movements and other such bodily secretions. Somebody, give Portnoy a sock!

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1.0�toiles sur 5 Dena's Complaint, Jui 13 2000

Par	"belladena" (Ontario, Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Portnoy's Complaint (Paperback)

I haven't read such a disappointing book in my life (this year so far)! It started off interesting, funny, meaningful - I thought he'd go somewhere with it. Off the deep-end?

Absolutely NOTHING was accomplished with this novel and I don't feel I've gained anything from it. The main character, Alexander Portnoy, simply recounts a series of sexual encounters - with women, glass milk bottles, pieces of raw meat - the whole book just turned into a farce, needling in on the same obsession over and over. Does everyone with an overbearing mother sexually assault raw animal flesh?

If this is definitive Jewish-American literature, something is seriously wrong and a re-assessment should be in order. This garbage is going directly to my bird's cage. Better lining than literature.

Philip Roth has to be the greatest self-loathing Jewish man alive, or at least one lucky enough to make a career out of it.

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2.0�toiles sur 5 BORING,FLAT AND NOT AT ALL FUNNY, Ao� 27 1998

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This review is from: Portnoy's Complaint (Paperback)

Roth's style remindes me of occasions where people speak out loud to themselves when they are angry with a situation.It was very tiring for me to read a book thats written enntirely in this style.the impression you get is that this guy is hitting his head with a hammer to get ideas to fill the pages of this book instead of visiting a psychiatric and talk about his childhood.all those details about Jew families,thousands of horrible lines about sex that are supposed to be funny....writting diaries not for publication would be better for this writer.it was his only book i read and i dont intent to read more

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2.0�toiles sur 5 I HAVE A COMPLAINT!
When I finally decided to read Portnoy's Complaint, I was excited by the reviews I'd read. I thought I'd love it. Read more

Publi� le Mai 29 2004 par JR Pinto

3.0�toiles sur 5 Not Too Many Complaints Here
Like Charles Dickens, I had great expectations for this book. Well let me clarify that, Charles Dickens was fairly dead before this book was written and had he been alive, he may... Read more

Publi� le Avril 15 2004 par M. Swinney

2.0�toiles sur 5 Bamboozled by positive reviews
I read Portnoy's Complaint and was surprised by how bad it was. It's a long, reflective monolog, which is a difficult endeavor for any writer, especially when they're bad like... Read more

Publi� le Avril 10 2004 par Keith Whitener

3.0�toiles sur 5 NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE COMEDIC WIT OF PHILIP ROTH. .
This book threw me for a loop right from the get go. I had no idea this wasn't a novel in the conventional sense with chapters and multiple dialogues. Read more

Publi� le Juil 30 2003 par Daniel Vullo

4.0�toiles sur 5 Excellent Writing
One reviewer here complains that "Roth's style remindes me of occasions where people speak out loud to themselves when they are angry with a situation" umm... Read more

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4.0�toiles sur 5 i too have a jewish mother, but do i whine?
I can't get over Philip Roth; he rants and he whines and he obsesses...and instead of being annoying it is hilarious! Read more

Publi� le Avril 22 2003 par anya218

5.0�toiles sur 5 Hats off for Phillip Roth !!!
Definitely one of the best books I've ever read... a wonderful concoction of [] intellect, humour and brilliant writing. A Jewish man sits on a psychiatrist's chair and rants... Read more

Publi� le Avril 3 2003 par trunchbull

5.0�toiles sur 5 Hysterical
I read this book years ago when I was a teenager. I just read it again at age 50. I laughed so hard I cried. Read more

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Raging Id
This is one of my favorite books and for many reasons. Roth's writing, while seemingly over-the-top is actually a tightly controlled, rippingly savage attack on all sorts of... Read more

Publi� le F�v 4 2003 par Arnie Bernstein

3.0�toiles sur 5 Still perversely funny, but...
This "classic" is more than a little bit dated, but it does feature some of the best stream-of-consciousness prose I've ever encountered. Read more

Publi� le Janv. 19 2003 par David A. Bede

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