Washington, Cable, 203n155

Weber, Katharine, 43, 124, 126n78, 131, 136, 142

Wilson, Alexis, 5

Wilson, Deirdre, 7

Wilson, Matthew, 92n56, 99n59

Wirth-Nesher, Hana, 120

Zuckerman, Henry, 14, 54–55, 64, 69–72, 81, 87, 97–104, 106, 111–115, 118, 128–131, 151n95, 210, 220, 225

Zuckerman, Maria, 72–73, 98, 105, 107–108, 110, 112, 117–118, 128, 131, 133, 137, 139, 210, 218, 220

disappearance of, 12, 141–142, 159, 227

Zuckerman, Nathan:

as author, 11, 62, 102, 105, 117, 143–144, 154, 169n115, 184, 208–212

as experiencing-I, 49, 188, 193, 200

as Peter Tarnopol’s mask, 18, 20, 24, 34, 38

as Roth’s alter ego, 2–3, 5, 11, 78, 86, 123, 135, 212

as Roth’s mask, 3, 13, 18, 40, 43, 56, 105, 132, 140, 165, 179

Zuckerman, Nathan: (continued)

characterization of, 6, 8, 8, 33–34, 55, 62, 70

demise of, 2

development through time, 4, 9, 30, 62, 64, 69, 78, 99, 143, 236

disagreement with the father, 56, 71

distinctive voice, 11, 30, 42, 209, 216

familial set-up, 25, 29, 53, 56, 72, 75, 235

fictional birth, 2, 39, 211

marginal role in the American trilogy, 14, 69, 140, 166

notebooks, 12, 14, 92–95, 100–102, 109, 139n77

onomastic sameness, 7, 34, 52, 54

published books, 12, 63n37, 143, 165, 208–210, 225, 229

turbulence, 66–67, 196, 212

secluded life, 65–66, 68, 167, 214, 225

wives, 12, 55, 72–75, 73n44, 98, 107, 118, 130, 137, 142, 225

Zuckerman Unbound, 5, 42, 55, 61–82, 128, 143, 209

Zuckerroth, 3

Zunshine, Lisa, 250