The Anatomy Lesson Audiobook

" The third book of the Zuckerman books sees our hero plagued by a mystery illness that forces him to spend his days sprawled on a play mat, getting soused and receiving visits from an array of ladies. In the latter half of the book he heads out to Chicago to apply for medical school. What a nut. "

" My least favorite of the Zuckerman Bound series. "

" What a wild ride. Reminded me of Bellow's Herzog but a much more interesting plot. Real mid-life crisis stuff. an excellent read. "

" Warning: Roth capably and repeatedly makes you feel his pain in this book. The climax in the graveyard is depraved and awesome and laugh-out-loud funny - worth wading through all the self-pity even. "

" This one fell a little flat for me. I see now that much of these is lifted wholesale from Roth's own life; however, that doesn't sway much very much. "

" The third book in the Zuckerman collection. I wasn't my favorite. Not nearly as creative as the first one and a bit too self-absorbed for my tastes. I like Roth a lot but in this book he is too wrapped up in the aftermath of his own writing of Portnoy (Carnovsky in the novel). "

" The most abstract of the Zuckermans yet; more of a meditation than the previous two. Nevertheless, Roth's style remains endlessly readable. Reading rarely feels less like work. "