by Philip Roth
First published 2001
David Kepesh, a renowned cultural critic, leads a carefully ordered life of aesthetic pursuits. But when he becomes entangled with the beautiful, younger Consuela, his carefully constructed existence falls apart. Consumed by possessive lust, Kepesh is transported to the depths of jealousy and loss, as his carefree erotic adventure evolves into a grim reckoning with mortality.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, adult-fiction, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: character-study, midlife-crisis, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State)
Period: 20th-century
156 pages · Paperback · Vintage
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content