Wednesday, November 02, 2005
I WAS AT a Barnes & Noble today looking for, among other things, "Portnoy's Complaint." The store had every other Philip Roth novel but not that one, and I asked an employee to double-check.
And then watched as she typed on her terminal "port noise complaint."
Ah, yes, the tragic hero, driven mad by the bellowing tugboats ...
And then watched as she typed on her terminal "port noise complaint."
Ah, yes, the tragic hero, driven mad by the bellowing tugboats ...