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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Funny parts are excellent, but too much soul-searching baggage (  ) tzelman | Feb 16, 2008 |  Nathan Zuckerman is a Jewish novelist who has finally struck it big with "Carnovsky", a satiric comedy which is widely assumed to be based on his own family growing up. The book follows Zuckerman's struggles to deal with his new-found fame and fortune, and the problems it has caused for his relations with his family, particularly his dying father and younger brother. Well-written and intriguing, although it is sometimes difficult to feel much empathy for as fragile a persona as Nathan Zuckerman seems to be. I would assume this to be based on Philip Roth's own experiences, except he makes such an obvious point that Zuckerman's own readers are mistaken in so doing, that it seems to be one of the messages of the book. (  ) burnit99 | Feb 17, 2007 | This is bad for Roth but good compared to other regular fiction. Being famous for writing something dirty, like Roth. Interesting. (  ) ragwaine | Dec 12, 2006 | Listened to tape. Wanted to read a Roth book. Was Ok but ending seemed to be abrupt. ( ) SLuce | Aug 12, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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