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  • Not without reason, they were more shaken up by what was going on in Portnoy's mind than by what was going on in his pants.

    Fatherland 2004

  • Not without reason, they were more shaken up by what was going on in Portnoy's mind than by what was going on in his pants.

    Fatherland 2004

  • Sure there are some dirty bits, but no more than in other post-WW2 novels, such as Portnoy's Complaint.

    But I just don't know...what you meant Tripp 2006

  • Waugh, Gogol and John Mortimer received votes, too, and one colleague who is usually not given to laughing out loud while reading said, "'Portnoy's Complaint' and 'The Anatomy Lesson' both made my stomach hurt."'

    Charlottesville Blogs 2008

  • Waugh, Gogol and John Mortimer received votes, too, and one colleague who is usually not given to laughing out loud while reading said, "'Portnoy's Complaint' and 'The Anatomy Lesson' both made my stomach hurt."'

    Charlottesville Blogs 2008

  • Waugh, Gogol and John Mortimer received votes, too, and one colleague who is usually not given to laughing out loud while reading said, "'Portnoy's Complaint' and 'The Anatomy Lesson' both made my stomach hurt."

    Bibliobibuli 2008

  • After "Portnoy," he was a self-hating Jew and a pornographer, then a misogynist, then simply a bastard: the constant in these critiques is a failure to distinguish between the work and the man.

    The Rake’s Progress Giving Up The Ghost 2007

  • This post is written and translated by Portnoy and Cindy Hwang.

    Global Voices in English » Taiwan: Dell, Caught in the Web 2009

  • Former Taiwanese leader Chen Shui bian was sentenced to life imprisonment on 11 September and Portnoy has made an excellent summary of Twitterers 'responses from Taiwan.

    Global Voices in English » China and Hong Kong: Ex-president’s life sentence, a farce or a victory? 2009

  • "Six months after the second surgery, we decided to get the cart — because it was hard to take him out," says owner Karen Portnoy.

    A New Set of Wheels Can Improve a Dog's Life, Too Timothy Aeppel 2010

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