Description
In the wake of his mistress’s death, aging puppet master Mickey Sabbath sets out to stage the final act of a life he’s spent manipulating—only to find that the question of how to end a story is far more dangerous than he imagined. Darkly comic and sharply provocative, this novel follows Mickey as he confronts the fallout of his own appetites, his humiliations, and the erotic free spirit whose daring outstripped even his. As Mickey searches for a “suitable ending,” the book turns a spotlight on performance, self-invention, and the moral chaos of desire. With Roth’s signature blend of wit, candor, and psychological bite, the story becomes a theatrical reckoning with aging, authorship, and the stories we tell to survive ourselves.
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paperback
McClelland & Stewart
Published Jan 1, 1995
451 pages
ISBN: 9780771075865
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Details
First Published
1995
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth.