Sabbath's Theater

First UK edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 451, [5 (blank)]. Publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Jacket design by Milton Glaser featuring a detail of Sailor and Girl (1925) by German painter Otto Dix.

1995 National Book Award winner and Roth's own choice, along with American Pastoral, as his best book. The story of Mickey Sabbath (loosely modelled on Jewish American painter R.B. Kitaj), a sixty-four year old, libidinous, ex-puppeteer facing down the ghosts of his past. "A great work... Roth's richest, most rewarding novel... funny and profound... as powerful as writing can be." –The New York Times Book Review