Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Roth's erotic black comedy of an aging puppeteer won the National Book Award. (Aug.)
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ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
"A great work ... Roth's richest, most rewarding novel ... funny and profound ... as powerful as writing can be." —The New York Times Book Review
"This splendidly wicked book ... is among the most remarkable novels in recent years.... The energy of the book is amazing.... Roth is hilariously serious about life and death." —Frank Kermode, The New York Review of Books
"Roth's extraordinary new novel is an astonishment and a scourge, and one of the strangest achievements of fictional prose that I have ever read.... It is very exquisite." —James Wood, New Republic
JUN/JUL 08 - AudioFile
Those of us who missed reading this 1995 National Book Award winner have another chance to acquaint ourselves with the principal character, Mickey Sabbath—this time in audio. Narrator David Dukes brings this antihero to life. He’s a depraved 64-year-old retired puppeteer who lives off his alcoholic wife while pursuing his sexual excesses with another woman. Dukes bellows, whispers, cajoles, purrs, cries, and even taunts us with Sabbath’s sexual escapades until we’re ready to cry uncle. Then Dukes starts all over again. This clearly is one Roth offering that’s even better in audio. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
