As an adult he works as the Assistant Commissioner of Human Opportunity for the City of New York.  
The title character of this novel enjoys the radio work of Norman Corwin.  He reminisces on "the pumpkin" and "the pilgrim" while deriding the "monkey" Mary Jane Reed, modeled on Margaret Martinson, as well as his mother Sophie.  As an adult he works as the Assistant Commissioner of Human Opportunity for the City of New York.  The first page defines the title phenomenon as "A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature."  FTP, name this novel consisting of a session at the office of Doctor Spielvogel for the title character, an autobiographical creation of Phillip Roth.
The title character of this novel enjoys the radio work of Norman Corwin.  
Portnoy's Complaint