<p><b>''The most outrageously funny book about sex written'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><i>Portnoy''s Complaint n. [after Alexander Portnoy (1933-)]:</i><i>A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature.</i><br><br><i>Portnoy''s Complaint</i> tells the tale of young Jewish lawyer Alexander Portnoy and his scandalous sexual confessions to his psychiatrist. <br><br>As narrated by Portnoy, he takes the reader on a journey through his childhood to adolescence to present day while articulating his sexual desire, frustration and neurosis in shockingly candid ways. <br><br>Hysterically funny and daringly intimate, <i>Portnoy''s Complaint</i> was an immediate bestseller upon its publication and elevated Roth to an international literary celebrity.</p>