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Sat 11 Nov 2009The shadow of an aged phallus
FICTION:The HumblingBy Philip Roth Jonathan Cape, 140pp, £12.99
‘HE’D LOST his magic. The impulse was spent.” Thus Simon Axler, desiccated hero of Philip Roth’s svelte new novel and the latest in a decrepit line of his male protagonists to find themselves stranded late in life with nothing to console them but the twinge of geriatric desire.
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