A systematic inquiry into the character of the Rabbinic literature and its formation based on a simple theory of formal, phenomenological classification of the writings into those that conform to the documentary program of the framers of the document, those that do not, and those that do not but appear in more than one document. No index or bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award and the Whitbread Novel of the Year charts the sexual history of a loving, baffled man, the sexual emancipation of a city, and the sexual ambiguities of humankind.

The winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award and the Whitbread Novel of the Year charts the sexual history of a loving, baffled man, the sexual emancipation of a city, and the sexual ambiguities of humankind.