One anecdote in this novel describes a nudist dentist who doesn't cut his hair, who receives a signed statement from his wife saying that he's the father of only two of the four children he raised. One character discusses the difference between the "real soul" and "pretender soul" and shows his poem entitled "Mechanism Vs. Functionalism: Ism Vs. Hism." A blind man tells his proudest memory of Teddy Roosevelt kicking him off the beach after the Ba
One anecdote in this novel describes a nudist dentist who doesn't cut his hair, who receives a signed statement from his wife saying that he's the father of only two of the four children he raised. One character discusses the difference between the "real soul" and "pretender soul" and shows his poem entitled "Mechanism Vs. Functionalism: Ism Vs. Hism." A blind man tells his proudest memory of Teddy Roosevelt kicking him off the beach after the Battle of San Juan Hill because he was from the Navy when the protagonist helps Mr. Rappaport cross the street to buy cigars. The main character goes to Hollywood when he's recruited by talent agent Maurice Venice, and he's later convinced to invest his last seven hundred dollars into lard stocks. Dr. Adler refuses to pay his son's bill for Hotel Gloriana after the protagonist foolishly gives control of his money to the dubious Dr. Tamkin. FTP, name this novel about Tommy Wilhelm written by Saul Bellow, and titled after a quote from Horace.
One anecdote in this novel describes a nudist dentist who doesn't cut his hair, who receives a signed statement from his wife saying that he's the father of only two of the four children he raised.
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