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Fiction

fadedrose

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4. The one I recommended

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #3)

Fri May 25, 2012, 10:17 PM

May 2012

Is unusual because usually the protagonist is a good guy, a cop, detective, etc., but in this one, there's no mystery. They're the bad guys.

It's bad guys (kinda dumb) for whom everything that could go wrong does...that is, if I'm remembering it correctly.

The old memory gets worse every day...

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I am re - reading Portnoy's Complaint...What a great book. [View all] russspeakeasy May 2012 OP

I have never read it.... Curmudgeoness May 2012 #1

I never read it either fadedrose May 2012 #2

Although I like mysteries, Curmudgeoness May 2012 #3

The one I recommended fadedrose May 2012 #4

Have you read the Dortmunder books mvccd1000 May 2012 #5

No... fadedrose May 2012 #6

Hard to say where to start mvccd1000 May 2012 #7

that is a blast from the past! JitterbugPerfume May 2012 #8

Revisiting Portnoy Brainstormy May 2012 #9

Is it your favorite Roth book? violetsurf Jun 2012 #10

Probably not, but I can't think of the others right now. russspeakeasy Jun 2012 #11

I can't recall if I ever read "Portnoy's Complaint". If I did, SheilaT Jul 2012 #12

I have the book on my nightstand... fadedrose Jul 2012 #13