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Jessica
May 21, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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I'm not sure what keeps drawing me back to Roth. His protagonists are essentially identical to each other, he expresses some seriously screwball thoughts on sexuality, and I should find him extremely annoying and exhausting. And I do. But somehow, he manages to win me over.

Reading this one is a lot like having a conversation with that person in your life who Never. Shuts. Up. Whether it's a neighbor, family member, or colleague, we all, on some level, know an Alexander Portnoy. You don't hang o
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