Portnoy's Complaint - Chapter 4 Part 2 Summary & Analysis

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Portnoy's Complaint - Chapter 4 Part 2 Summary & Analysis

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Chapter 4 Part 2 Summary

"Cunt Crazy", continued. Alex describes at length the nature of his obsession, how he experiences his numerous sexual affairs of various lengths, and how much more fair it is to live this way (by responding freely to his sexual desires) rather than putting some poor woman through the torture of an eventually unloving, inevitably unfaithful marriage. "And doctor, your honor, whatever your name is," Alex says, "it seems to make no difference how much the poor bastard actually gets, for he is dreaming about tomorrow's pussy even while pumping away at today's!" He refers specifically to a woman he calls The Monkey ("a nickname that derives from a little perversion she once engaged in shortly before meeting me and going on to grander things ...") and to how The Monkey erupted in wounded fury when he told her he was ending their...

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