Zuckerman Unbound

Now in his midthirties Nathan Zuckerman a wouldbe recluse despite hisnewfound fame as a bestselling author ventures onto the streets of Manhattanin the final ye... » 

Now in his midthirties Nathan Zuckerman a wouldbe recluse despite hisnewfound fame as a bestselling author ventures onto the streets of Manhattanin the final year of the turbulent sixties. Not only is he assumed by his fansto be his own fictional satyr Gilbert Carnovsky Hey you do all that stuffin that book? but he also finds himself the target of admonishers advisersand sidewalk literary critics. The recent murders of Robert Kennedy and MartinLuther King Jr. lead an unsettled Zuckerman to wonder if target may be morethan a figure of speech. In Zuckerman Unboundthe second volume of the trilogyand epilogue Zuckerman Boundthe notorious novelist Nathan Zuckermanretreats from his oldest friends breaks his marriage to a virtuous woman anddamages perhaps irreparably his affectionate connection to his youngerbrother...and all because of his great good fortune «