She describes the narrator of the novel in which she appears as "Mr. Fly-Off-The-Handle" and when he leaves the room, she declares, "Hi Ho Silver, The Temper Tantrum Kid Rides Again.
This character was once caught washing her family's silverware thoroughly after they were used by a black woman and earlier held the supposedly coveted post of secretary to a high school soccer coach. She is adamantly opposed to the use of convertibles and the consumption of doughnuts for breakfast. She describes the narrator of the novel in which she appears as "Mr. Fly-Off-The-Handle" and when he leaves the room, she declares, "Hi Ho Silver, The Temper Tantrum Kid Rides Again." A man she once dated is a local mustard baron and one anecdote in the book in which she appears involves her nearly dying after an attractive insurance agent named Doyle convinces her to try lobster. Once nicknamed Big Red, this knife-wielder has a young a Israeli lookalike who makes the protagonist say, "It's no good. I can't get a hard-on in this place." For 10 points, name this wife of the ever-constipated Jake and object of massive Oedipus complex, a parent of a Philip Roth protagonist whose domineering personality leaves her son with the titular condition.
This character was once caught washing her family's silverware thoroughly after they were used by a black woman and earlier held the supposedly coveted post of secretary to a high school soccer coach.
{Sophie Portnoy} [accept {Portnoy's mother} before "{parent}" or {Sophie Ginsky}, prompt on {Portnoy}]