《鬼退场》作为“朱克曼”系列的最后一部,讲述朱克曼在十一年后重返纽约并遇见了爱美·贝丽特,他们初遇在《鬼作家》中。多年后,朱克曼和爱美·贝丽特均身患癌症。即使接受了手术,癌症仍然对他们的生活造成了影响。由于身患前列腺癌,朱克曼不仅忍受着疾病的痛苦,而且压抑着对性的渴望。身患脑癌,贝丽特同样压抑着对爱情的向往。由此可见,癌症在《鬼退场》中不仅仅是一种疾病而且是一种自我感情压抑的隐喻。 As the last of Zuckerman’s series, Ghost Commander returns to New York eleven years later and met with Amy Bellite, who first met in The Ghost Writer. Years later, Zuckerman and Amy Bellett are both suffering from cancer. Even with surgery, cancer still affects their lives. Due to prostate cancer, Zuckerman not only endured the pain of the disease, but also suppressed the desire for sex. With brain cancer, Beret also depresses the longing for love. From this we can see that cancer is not only a disease in the “ghost exit” but also a metaphor for depression of self-feeling.