by Philip Roth
Review:
I loved Roth before this novel and find myself now comparing him to one of my current favorite writers, Ian McEwan. He sticks to his usual themes of Jewishness, Americanness, sex, aging and family. Everyman begins with the end of a man. The main character is a tortured Jewish guy from Newark, NJ who is a thrice-married father and a philanderer. He is70-something and spends his last days lamenting his lost prowess (physical and sexual), envying his healthy and beloved older brother, and refusing to apologize for his many years of bad behavior, although he clearly regrets them. Roth really is one of America's greatest writers. This is his 27th novel.
