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From page 272 of Philip Roth's *Exit Ghost*:
"'...Lonoff's final struggle with his impurity. His long-delayed effort to
let in the repellent. You know all about that. Let the repellent in! That's
your achievement, Mr. Zuckerman. Well, this is his. His effort to lift this
burden is too heroic for you to turn your back on now. The portrait of
himself is not a flattering one, believe me. The young boy rising from a
forty-year sleep! It's extraordinary. This is Lonoff's *Scarlet Letter*.
It's *Lolita* without Quilty and the stupid jokes. It's what Thomas Mann
would have written if he'd been someone other than Thomas Mann. Hear me out!
*Help *me out!...'"
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"'...Lonoff's final struggle with his impurity. His long-delayed effort to
let in the repellent. You know all about that. Let the repellent in! That's
your achievement, Mr. Zuckerman. Well, this is his. His effort to lift this
burden is too heroic for you to turn your back on now. The portrait of
himself is not a flattering one, believe me. The young boy rising from a
forty-year sleep! It's extraordinary. This is Lonoff's *Scarlet Letter*.
It's *Lolita* without Quilty and the stupid jokes. It's what Thomas Mann
would have written if he'd been someone other than Thomas Mann. Hear me out!
*Help *me out!...'"
--
Juan Martinez
-- http://fulmerford.com
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