The Dying Animal

A prominent TV culture critic and lecturer, sixty-plus David Kepesh finds his world thrown into erotic turmoil by Consuela Castillo, a twenty-four-year-old beauty who ignites in him sexual possessiveness, unreasoning jealousy, and obsessive passion.

Report

"A disturbing masterpiece."
- The New York Review of Books

"Sorrowful, sexy, elegant . . .. A distinguished addition to Roth's increasingly remarkable literary career."
- San Francisco Chronicle

"Roth is a mesmerizing writer, whose very language has the vitality of a living organism."
- Los Angeles Times

"No one can come close to Roth's comic genius and breadth of moral imperative."
- The Boston Globe

Product details

• Authors: Philip Roth
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.07.2008
• EAN: 9780307454881
• ISBN: 978-0-307-45488-1
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS; Vintage International; Vintage International
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature