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The plot centers on Zuckerman's return home to New York after eleven years in New England. The purpose of Zuckerman's journey, which he takes the week before the 2004 U.S. presidential election, is for him to undergo a medical procedure that might cure or reduce his incontinence.
Oct 1, 2007 · Exit Ghost is a literary puzzle palace in which the narrator, Nathan Zuckerman, struggles with his own ghost, the ghost of a writer he admired, E.I. Lonoff, and late in the book, the ghost of George Plimpton.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Nathan Zuckerman returns to New York in the final installment of the renowned Zuckerman series, a novel about love, mourning, desire, and animosity by “one of the greatest living American writers” (San Francisco Chronicle), the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral. Alone for eleven years on his New ...
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Oct 1, 2007 · Walking the streets like a revenant, he quickly makes three connections that explode his carefully protected solitude. One is with a young couple with whom, in a rash moment, he offers to swap homes. They will flee post-9/11 Manhattan for his country refuge, and he will return to city life.
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Sep 30, 2008 · "Exit Ghost" is first and foremost a treatise on aging and the decisions and sacrifices that must be made during the long downward slide leading ultimately to the grave. Roth describes in vivid detail Zuckerman's physical ailments and the diminishment of his mind's ability to remember recent events.
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Nov 11, 2008 · Exit Ghost. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Nathan Zuckerman returns to New York in the final installment of the renowned Zuckerman series, a novel about love, mourning, desire, and animosity by “one of...
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Nov 11, 2008 · Overview. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Nathan Zuckerman returns to New York in the final installment of the renowned Zuckerman series, a novel about love, mourning, desire, and animosity by “one of the greatest living American writers” (San Francisco Chronicle), the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral.
