Everyman By Phillip Roth

Everyman has been critisized for purporting to be an everyman story yet the details are so intimate that it can not be an everyman story. I don't agree I think having it be so specific makes it universal otherwise it would ring false. Everyman is a straight basic story of a man's life as seen from the moment he is buried. We never learn his name yet we learn his brother's, wive's, parents and children's names. One of the most enjoyable parts was actually trying to figure out things like how old he is. Like my Yeaar of Magical Thinking this was my introduction to a great writer through their later works. It would almost be like the latest rolling Stones album being your first time you heard them. I breezed throuhg this book and enjoyed it but really wish I read Roth in his prime. So to rectify that i think the next book I read will be Brave New World .