The Autobiography of My Body
1991 novel by David Guy
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The Autobiography of My Body is the fourth novel by the American author David Guy, set in 1980s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1][2]
 First edition | |
| Author | David Guy |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Dutton |
| Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
| ISBN | 0-525-24974-5 |
| OCLC | 22311079 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 20 |
| LC Class | PS3557.U89 A94 1991 |
| Preceded by | Second Brother |
| Followed by | Jake Fades |
It tells the story of the sexual liberation of Charles Bradford, who after a bad marriage has returned to his hometown to be near his ailing father. There he meets Andrea, a feminist and political activist, and they start a torrid affair that forces him to reexamine his life.[3]
Reaction
The New York Times called it "an intimate portrait of a man torn between appetite and intellect, a sort of Portnoy's Complaint for gentiles" and a "painstaking explication of habit and longing" in an ambiguous review.[4]
