Search Details

Word: portnoy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Portnoy's Complaint, Roth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sep. 19, 1969 | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

...FICTION 1. The Godfather, Puzo (2 last week) 2. The Love Machine, Susann(l) 3. Portnoy's Complaint, Roth (3) 4. The Andromeda Strain, Crichton (4) 5. The Pretenders, Davis (5) 6. Ada, Nabokov (6) 7. Naked Came the Stranger, Ashe (7) 8. Except for Me and Thee, West (10) 9. The Goodbye Look, Macdonald (8) 10. The Death Committee, Gordon

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sep. 12, 1969 | 9/12/1969 | See Source »

...Portnoy's Complaint, Roth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Aug. 22, 1969 | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

Though reviews have been generally deserving, one that particularly delighted the perpetrators appeared in Newsday's rival Long Island Press. Wrote Columnist Walter Kaner: "Penelope Ashe's scorching novel makes Portnoy's Complaint and Valley of the Dolls read like Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.'" McGrady still insists that the stunt was an exercise in gullibility, not profiteering. But with any luck, success may yet spoil his two dozen Penelope Ashes. In his latest memo, he has urged his fellow novelists "to be thinking about a sequel. One suggested title is Son of the Naked Stranger. Personally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoaxes: Penelope's Playmates | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

...Portnoy's Complaint, Roth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Aug. 8, 1969 | 8/8/1969 | See Source »

Previous | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | Next