description: As much as he wants to be the Marquis de Sade, he is not. As much as he wants to be seventeen, he is not. As much as he wants to be dead, he is not. He is Mickey Sabbath, the aging, raging powerhouse whose savage effrontery and mocking audacity are at the heart of Philip Roth's new novel. Once a scandalously inventive puppeteer, Sabbath at sixty-four is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous. But after the death of his long-time mistress - an erotic free spirit whose adulterous daring exceeds even his own - Sabbath embarks on a turbulent journey into his past. Bereft and grieving, besieged by the ghosts of those who loved and hated him most, he contrives a succession of farcical disasters that take him to the brink of madness and extinction.
language: English
title: Sabbath's Theater
titlecomplete: Sabbath's Theater
characters: Mickey Sabbath, Norman Cowan
genres: Jewish, 20th Century, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 10681
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Turtleback Books