Front Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table Of Contents -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- THE IRONIC AND THE IRATE -- STARTING OUT -- BIOGRAPHY VERSUS THE BIOGRAPHICAL -- DUTY BEFORE RAGE -- THE ALEX PERPLEX -- ABSURDITIES: THE POST-PORTNOY SEVENTIES -- THE MOST OFFENSIVE PIECE ROTH EVER WROTE -- WATERSHED -- ZUCKERMAN BOUND -- ZUCKERROTH -- OPERATION SHYLOCK -- MASTER BAITER: SABBATH'S THEATER -- IRONY BOARD -- Back Matter -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Back Cover.