Reviews

"Shalom Auslander writes like Philip Roth's angry nephew. "Foreskin's Lament" is a scathing theological rant, a funny, oddly moving coming-of-age memoir, and an irreverent meditation on family, marriage, and cultural identity. God may be a bit irritated by this book, but I loved it." --Tom Perrotta, author of "Little Children" and "The Abstinence Teacher" "If you read this while you're eating, the food will come out your nose. "Foreskin's Lament" is a filthy and slightly troubling dialogue with God, the big, old, physically abusive ultra orthodox God who brought His Chosen People out of Egypt to torture them with non kosher Slim Jims. I loved this book and will never again look at the isolated religious nutjobs on the fringe of American society with anything less than love and understanding." -Matt Klam, author of "Sam the Cat" What was it that Tolstoy said about unhappy families? While each may in fact be unique in its discontent, surely the one recalled here by Auslander (Beware of G