Blog only! How does Roth maintain the reader's sympathetic identification with Nathan, despite his faults?

Does Lonoff weigh down the story (as well as his wife)?

Is there too much thematic material here for a novel of this length?

Is The Ghost Writer a comic novel?

Does the "artist ha[ve] a responsibility to his fellow man, to the society in which he lives, and to the cause of truth & justice (p. 101)?"

Is Amy actually Anne Frank? If not, does she think she is, or try to make others think so?