' My Life as a Man,' reviewed by Morris Dickstein.only Philip Roth could write one of the few books about sports in English and leave one feeling, after many pages of rich local pleasure, disappointed and exasperated, still waiting for what his immense talent long It's incredible, in fact, how smart he is for a man so hung up with his "'The Breast' is terrific for a thing of its kind: inventive and sane and very funny, though filthy of course, as I've mentioned. a political satire that I found far-fetched, unfair, tasteless, disturbing, logical, coarse and very funny - I laughed out loud 16 times and giggled internally a statistically unverifiable amount. a work that is certainly catholic in appeal, potentially monumental in effect - and, perhaps more important, a deliciously funny book, absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious." "Roth is one of our few important writers concerning whose future it is possible to feel anything like real curiosity."
This is a clumsily constructed novel, but a morbidly fascinating one."
He is a good story-teller, a shrewd appraiser of character and a keen recorder of an indecisive generation." "Roth has written a perceptive, often witty and frequently moving piece of fiction. Philip Roth, reads from 'I Married a Communist'.Michiko Kakutani Reviews 'I Married a Communist' (October 6, 1998).Robert Kelly Reviews 'I Married a Communist' (October 11, 1998).With News and Reviews From the Archives of The New York Times
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