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What was Philip Roth's bestseller published ten years after "Goodbye, Columbus"?

  • Everyman

  • The Human Stain

  • Sabbath's Theater

  • Portnoy's Complaint

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Portnoy's Complaint was a bestselling novel by Philip Roth, published in 1969. It was his second novel, and was written ten years after his debut novel, Goodbye, Columbus. Portnoy's Complaint is a semi-autobiographical novel about a young Jewish man named Alexander Portnoy, who is struggling with his sexual desires and his relationship with his parents.
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