A review by batcountry101
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

4.0

One of the funniest novels I've read. Poor Portney is now an archetype the 'kibitzing Jew.' There is a little Portney in almost every Jewish comedian I've enjoyed over the years. Reading Portney's Complaint is akin to unearthing the first of a line...the original. Funny, profane, Mother'd, constantly striving to be the 'good Jewish boy', but constantly failingly due to baser desires.