Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

This book, even now, forty years after it was first published, is still hilarious. I thought Mordecai Richler was funny; Philip Roth is funnier. There is no story in this novel, only a ceaseless stream of complaints by the protagonist. Hence the title. So the book reads like a one-man stand-up comedy routine. Mr Roth is merciless. Ouch. No wonder Jeff says some people were quite offended by the book.