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There is also the matter of Nathan Zuckerman, Roth's fictional alter id and hero of a comic trilogy that has forever flattened the myth of the glamorous writing life. Zuckerman, of course, is not Roth but rather the fullest and most personal expression of a theme that has come to dominate his work: the mayhem unleashed by those who would escape their pasts. This may be what David Kepesh in Roth's The Professor of Desire had in mind when he spoke stiltedly of "the destructive power-of those who see a way out of the shell...
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...
...Recalls former IBM Chairman Frank Cary, Opel's predecessor: "The suit was a tremendous cloud that was over the company for 13 years. It couldn't help influencing us in a whole variety of ways. Ending it lifted a huge burden from management's shoulders." Jeffrey Zuckerman, special assistant to Antitrust Division Chief William Baxter, concurs: "We believe IBM must have been deterred from competing as aggressively as it otherwise would have...
...three years have made quite a difference. Chrysler stock is now $27.50, and the Government could clean up if it exercised its right to buy the shares. Therefore, Chrysler Treasurer Frederick Zuckerman last week appeared before the Loan Guarantee Board in Washington and asked the Government to forgo its right to buy the stock. The company, which two weeks ago announced that it was about to repay $400 million of the Government-guaranteed loans, argued that it would have to float a new stock issue to provide the shares for the Government. The result of that action, Chrysler claimed, would...
...employs costumes and stage settings almost identical to those of the Broadway production. But Kirkwood says he felt it was important to "bring the show up to date," so the actors were encouraged to ad lib in rehearsals and to "try different characters on for size," according to Harvey Zuckerman, a member of the cast...