Cecile Mann

Nathan Zuckerman, a budding 23 year old writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovers the contradictory claims of literature and experience while an overnight guest in the secluded New England farmhouse of his idol, E. I. Lonoff. Also staying is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past.

In order to avoid the closure a bar the owner and some friends organize a wet-T-shirt competition. As they thought this attracks new people and certainly money.