Portnoy’s Complaint (1969) - Philip Roth

Written by Philip Roth
Read by Ron Silver
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Harper Audio: 1999/2006
Length: 8hrs 30min

The famous confession of Alexander Portnoy, who is thrust through life by his unappeasable sexuality, yet held back at the same time by the iron grip of his unforgettable childhood. Hilariously funny, boldly intimate, startlingly candid, Portnoy’s Complaint was an immediate bestseller upon its publication in 1969, and is perhaps Roth’s best-known book.

The book is best summarized by a couple reviews – “The definitive self-hating Jew novel, a searing literary stand-up performance par excellence. Woody Allen meets Bill Hicks. Explains where the famous inbuilt neurosis in New York Jews comes from, a brutal, universal portrayal of family life. The funniest thing I have read in a long long time. Every young man in his twenties tries at some point to write this novel and fails. Wonderful. Not a work of remarkable human insight and depth, but this is Philip Roth: the psychopathology of sleaze, if you please.”

” If my grandmother had cracked open the cover, I assure you, the paramedics would have found her dead from a stroke or heart-attack, the book still open on her chest. Portnoy’s Complaint has, within its almost 300 pages, more vulgarity and profanity than any other book I’ve ever read. If I see my son reading this before the age of 30, I will physically remove it from his hands. And, I assure you, no mother is giving this book to her son (at any age!!). Nonetheless, if you like good writing and have a great sense of humor, you might really enjoy this read.”

This is not my rip, and I thank the original uploader. You asked for it guys, you got it. I didn’t even attempt to read it.