ha I just read that today. the cover was just a picture of a single big vertically-oriented breast, very odd and off-putting.
― W i l l, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 02:42 (sixteen years ago) link
man, I just read Sabbath's v. recently and I completely loved it.
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 03:02 (sixteen years ago) link
So how much does it matter to read the series books in order? The Roth books I've read and own are pretty random, but if it matters, I'll try to be a bit more conscious of what I read next, instead of just grabbing whatever sounds most appealing at the moment.
― Øystein, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 06:33 (sixteen years ago) link
There's only one real interconnected sequence, and I read that out of order without feeling I was missing anything. Most of the books are independent of each other. That said, when I finish reading Roth's novels I'll probably read them all again in order, to see the development of his themes through his life.
― Ray, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 07:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Professor of Desire is the bomb.
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 02:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Especially the second half!
― G00blar, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link
^I'm reading it now and I'm into it.
― Jordan, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
portnoy probably,followed closely by sabbath
― Zeno, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
well,Ladbrokes.com, who previously guessed the nobel prize winner in the last 4 years,placing Roth as the winner in 2007... http://www.ladbrokes.com/lbr_portal?action=go_home&LANG=en&STYLE=en&VIEW=uk&LAYOUT=default&retURL_g=http%5E//www.ladbrokes.com/lbr_sports?action=go_category%7Ecategory=SPECIALS
― Zeno, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 23:04 (sixteen years ago) link
...it seems they were wrong this time...
― Zeno, Friday, 12 October 2007 11:22 (sixteen years ago) link
JUST finished The Human Stain - JESUS CHRIST WHAT A NOVEL
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― unprotectable tweetz (schlump), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, probably his best.though JUST finished The Ghost Writer - JESUS CHRIST WHAT A NOVEL
― nostormo, Thursday, 4 October 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
I've only read Goodbye and Everyman, and liked the latter a lot. WHAT AN ENDING
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 4 October 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
i read the ghost writer last year, MAN IT WAS PRETTY OKAY
― set the controls for the heart of the congos (thomp), Friday, 5 October 2012 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
the next two zuckerman books i read those too THEY WERE SORT OF ALRIGHT I GUESS
i read that wwii alternate history one more recently IVE READ BETTER NOVELS
― set the controls for the heart of the congos (thomp), Friday, 5 October 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
His best novels:
The CounterlifeThe Ghost WriterThe Prague Orgy
but those late nineties novels have extraordinary things.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 October 2012 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
Patrimony is of my favorite non-fiction books by anybody.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 October 2012 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
i had what i thought was a great idea for a novel once, until 10 seconds on google informed me it was 'the ghost writer.' :(
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 5 October 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
EVERYMAN definitely a fav, if only for so succinctly doing everything i want/love from roth
PATRIMONY something i finally started reading a week or two ago, & have been distracted from but hope to return to at some point. start was sobering.
― unprotectable tweetz (schlump), Friday, 5 October 2012 01:37 (eleven years ago) link
I have those three Zuckerman novels in a single volume. I pretty much read a Roth novel each fall, so time to do those.
― Norah Jones Protest Vote (Eazy), Friday, 5 October 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
I've got When She Was Good to start on the way home tonight. I HAVEN'T STARTED IT YET, GIVE ME A BREAK
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 5 October 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAAqiO_Z9Vs
― circa1916, Friday, 24 June 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link
for those whove been waiting to see Dakota fanning vomit in ewen mcgregors face
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 June 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
how does one fan vomit? :)
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 June 2016 15:28 (seven years ago) link
Another downtempo version of Mad World? How fresh.
― doug watson, Friday, 24 June 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
American Pastoral
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 05:04 (six years ago) link