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Nathan Zuckerman made his debut in Philip Roth's The Ghost Writer (1979); the hero was an earnest young author in the process of learning that art and life issued contradictory demands. By the time of Zuckerman Unbound (1981), Nathan had become absurdly rich and famous, thanks to a scandalous best-selling novel that estranged him from his father and the rest of his family. Zuckerman's punishment came in The Anatomy Lesson (1983), in which he appeared as a neurasthenic wreck hoping to start life all over again as a medical student...
Four years ago Roth unveiled The Ghost Writer--the first of a trilogy exploring the psyche and libido of Nathan Zuckerman. He followed it two years later with the second volume. Zuckerman Unbound. Now in The Anatomy Lesson--the new, final member of the series--Roth and Zuckerman seem to have resolved little...
...Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to restrict us in various ways. We must be making a mark somewhere, or the competition wouldn't be so frightened." After spending nearly four decades in a company shackled by Government regulation, Brown is eager to show what an unbound AT&T can do. He is sure that the competition will soon be saying in awe, "Good grief, Charlie Brown...
Ambitious boy kicks burg is a familiar story, and central to the Zuckerman books. The Ghost Hunter (1979) introduced a young Nathan, like Roth a Newark-born writer who was hailed as the most promising voice in American letters. Zuckerman Unbound (1981) found the hero in his 30s, beleaguered by celebrity and controversy. Carnovsky, a Portnoy-like novel, had angered the community and his own family. His father's dying word to his son was "Bastard." Roth's father, a retired insurance executive, is a vigorous supporter of his son's work...
White House Chief of Staff James Baker remembers a thick black notebook. Budget Director David Stockman remembers a set of unbound papers. CIA Chief William Casey says he has no recollection of the document...