5/24/2023 0 Comments Portnoy's complaint first editionThe first is in Annie Hall, where Alvy kisses the girls and claims that it’s not his fault: “I never had a latency period!” If Portnoy had a latency period then he more than makes up for it in his teenage years. I am reminded of two other hysterically funny moments. “Now you know the worst thing I have ever done. Far beyond the Roald Dahl story where the wife kills her husband with the ham, then cooks it and feeds it to the investigating policemen, Portnoy has gone somewhere that never could have been expected. Hours later, it was cooked and sitting on the table. Portnoy, in the depths of his confession, mentions how he once masturbated against a piece of liver that he then put back in the freezer. If you’ve made it this far, you’ve already gone through 150 pages of masturbation and mother fixation and general craziness. The Novel: There comes a point half-way through Portnoy’s Complaint where you will find a line drawn in the sand. Acclaim: Modern Library Top 100 English Language Novels of the 20th Century #52 All-TIME List.Film: 1972 – never seen, supposed to be quite bad.ML Edition: 1982 tan hardcover – hard to find.First Line: “She was so deeply imbedded in my consciousness that for the first year of school I seem to have believed that each of my teachers was my mother in disguise.”. Portnoy's Complaint: the novel that made Philip Roth a household name
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