(1995) Sabbath’s Theater

Winner Of The National Book Award For Fiction Sabbath's Theater Is A Comic Creation Of Epic Proportions, And Mickey Sabbath Is Its Gargantuan Hero. At Sixty-four Sabbath Is Still Defiantly Antagonistic And Exceedingly Libidinous; Sex Is An Obsession And A Principle, An Instrument Of Perpetual Misrule In His Daily Existence. But After The Death Of His Long-time Mistress - An Erotic Free Spirit Whose Great Taste For The Impermissible Matches His Own - Sabbath Embarks On A Turbulent Journey Into His Past. Bereft And Grieving, Tormented By The Ghosts Of Those Who Loved And Hated Him, He Contrives A Succession Of Farcical Disasters That Take Him To The Brink Of Madness And Extinction. 'A work of near heroic vitality and cunning' Sunday Telegraph At sixty-four Mickey Sabbath is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous; sex is an obsession and a principle, an instrument of perpetual misrule in his daily existence. But after the death of his long-time mistress - an erotic free spirit whose great taste for the impermissible matches his own - Sabbath embarks on a turbulent journey into his past. Bereft and grieving, tormented by the ghosts of those who loved and hated him, he contrives a succession of farcical disasters that take him to the brink of madness and extinction... Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Once a scandalously inventive puppeteer, Mickey Sabbath at sixty-four is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous. But after the death of his long-time mistress, Sabbath embarks on a turbulent journey into his past. Bereft and grieving, besieged by the ghosts of those who loved and hated him most.