Portnoy's Complaint

My brother and I are both very senior citizens and live on opposite coasts. We haven't seen each other in years so our "literary" discussions occur on Facebook. I recommended a book that surprised him because he considered it risqué. He challenged me to read "Portnoy's Complaint" because he found it the smuttiest book he had ever read. I told him I had read it many years ago and would reread it if he would agree to read "Geek Love" which I found to be the most "memorable" book I had ever read. A cruel trick I played on him. I enjoyed "Portnoy's Complaint," though it did focus on masturbation more than I recalled but the novel really addresses Jewish identity issues which may have changed somewhat over the past decades but undoubtedly remain in the minds of many Jewish people. I found it interesting and entertaining and a good reminder that we all have a point of view. As for my brother's experience with "Geek Love," he certainly found it memorable...but he is trying to forget. I suspect I haven't been forgiven. ;o)

I first read this book when I was in my early teens and thought it was scandalous, which it was for a young girl. As an adult, rereading it with the same anticipation of that teenage girl, I was let down. It was a good book, I suppose, just a bit anticlimactic. I felt like I was trudging along through each page. However, I did start off with those high expectations. When you set the bar that high, it's going to be very hard to reach it.

funny, funny, funny. Read this book many years ago but have not yet received this recently ordered copy!

very funny, but be warned extremely sexually explicit -

Wonderful

wonderful book. A must read. thank u.

Hilarious, worth a read.