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Everyman

By: Philip Roth
Narrated by: George Guidall
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Publisher's summary

There is no more decorated American writer living today than Philip Roth, the New York Times best-selling author of American Pastoral, The Human Stain, and The Plot Against America. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN/Faulkner Awards, and numerous other distinctions.

The hero of Everyman is obsessed with mortality. As he reminds himself at one point, "I'm 34! Worry about oblivion when you're 75." But he cannot help himself. He is the ex-husband in three marriages gone wrong. He is the father of two sons who detest him, despite a daughter who adores him. And as his health worsens, he is the envious brother of a much fitter man. A masterful portrait of one man's inner struggles, Everyman is a brilliant showcase for one of the world's most distinguished novelists.

Listen to an interview with Philip Roth on Fresh Air.

©2006 Philip Roth (P)2006 Recorded Books, LLC.

Critic reviews

  • 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award, Fiction

"Roth continues exercising his career-defining, clear-eyed, intelligent vision of how the psychology of families works." ( Booklist)
"This is an artful yet surprisingly readable treatise on...well, on being human....Through it all, there's that Rothian voice: pained, angry, arrogant, and deeply, wryly funny." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Our most accomplished novelist. . . . [With Everyman] personal tenderness has reached a new intensity." ( The New Yorker)

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WEAK

This story was typical Roth. I don't like Roth too much, but I keep giving his books a chance. This was more of the same. It was a weak story and I do not recommend it.

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So depressing!

Listen to the sample and be a fan of Roth before getting this book. I gave it one hour and could not get into it and found it very depressing and drab.

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Somebody explain to me...

The sentence structure and flow is literate, but I don’t see any redeeming qualities in this story telling. What am I missing here? This is a very famous author



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Not fun

This is not a fun book. Depressing.

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