He is Mickey Sabbath, the aging, raging powerhouse whose savage effrontery and mocking audacity are at the heart of Philip Roth's bold and hilarious new novel.
Once a scandalously inventive puppeteer, Sabbath at sixty-four is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous. But, after the death of his long-time mistress---an exotic free spirit whose adulterous daring exceeds even his own---Sabbath embarks on a turbulent journey into his past.
Bereft and grieving, besieged by the ghosts of those who loved him most, he contrives a succession of madness and extinction.
Sabbath's Theatre is a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is it's gargantuan hero. Philip Roth, in his twenty-first book, is at the very peak of his powers.