Following the wild success of his novel, Carnovsky, Nathan Zuckerman has been catapulted into the literary limelight. As he ventures out onto the streets of Manhattan he finds himself accosted on all sides, the target of admonishers, advisers, would-be literary critics, and worst of all fans.An incompetent celebrity, ill at ease with his newfound fame, and unsure of how to live up to his ficti...