Date: 1995. Advance Reading Copy. Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995. 15.5 x 23cm. 451 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. This is Roth in full sardonic, outrageous cry - a sort of Portnoy for a later generation, gonads miraculously intact, but with an overlay of hard-won wisdom, celebration and regret. Mickey Sabbath is an elderly relic of the diabolical young puppeteer who was once arrested for coaxing a young Columbia student's breast out of her blouse with the sheer effrontery of his insinuating performing fingers. Now, living in obscure poverty in New Hampshire with a wife who's in aggressive recovery from the alcoholism to which he has driven her, he is reviewing his life - and continuing to act on his remarkable principles, which exemplify what one of his few remaining friends calls "a remarkable panegyric for obscenity." Not, one would think, a sympathetic subject, and at first Mickey's overwhelming misanthropy and obsessive eroticism make the reader uneasy. Soon, however, Roth's insidious skill at deeply involving the reader in a seemingly alien world begins to work its magic. Mickey's memories of the death of his cherished older brother in WWII and his growing up on the Jersey shore; a visit he pays to a centenarian uncle; and the way he picks out a grave in the ratty Jewish cemetery where his family is laid - these are passages that could only be the work of a master novelist, profoundly funny, poignant and human. By the time Mickey ...

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, Date: 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. National Book Award Winner book, with its original dust jacket sticker in pristine condition! No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, " NEW" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful, pristine unopened collectible copy. GIFT QUALITY 1995. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395739829 9780395739822 [US]

This is the advance reading copy of the first edition [Houghton Mifflin Boston and New York Date: 1995], signed by author Philip Roth directly on the title page. The book is in very fine condition with no remainder marks, a tight and square binding, with no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining or marking. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. A very collectible book and scarce when signed. 1995. Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN 0395739829 9780395739822 [CA]

Fine Advance Reading Copy in publisher's wrappers inscribed to novelist Varley O'Connor in black marker on title page: "For Varley-- / My best-- / Philip Roth." This National Book Award-winning novel announced Roth's return to peak form: the first (and arguably best) in a string of late novels that would confirm his preeminent place in American (and world) fiction. Signed Advance Reading Copies of this title are rare, and this particular one was signed in early 1996 by Roth in the apartment near NYC's Museum of Natural History that he shared for many years with the actress Claire Bloom. (Wrappers are protected with mylar cover which cause reflections in photos.) Date: 1995. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395739829 9780395739822 [US]