FOR KATHLEEN MORAN AND SEAN WILENTZ Contents PROLOGUE New York, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. NEW JERSEY, CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON, OHIO Philip Roth and the Lost Republic American Berserk: Bill Pullman’s Face American Pastoral: Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer Crank Prophet Bestride America, Grinning: David Thomas EPILOGUE Kansas Works Cited Acknowledgments Permission Acknowledgments Index