All Shall Love Me and Despair (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean Thompson
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: The Oregon coast
- Principal Characters: Edward, Annie, Phil, Ace
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Suicide, Twentieth century, Escapes, Chicago, Substance abuse, Drug addiction or addicts, Drug trafficking or dealing, Visions, epiphanies, or revelations, Illinois, Oregon
- Locales: Oregon
The Story
A young couple leaves Chicago to begin life anew on the Oregon coast. The twenty-year-old man, whose real name is Edward but is called Scout, is hooked on drugs. He and his girlfriend, twenty-one-year-old Annie, head west. Scout, who in his twenty years has never seen the ocean, is ill during most of the trip, and Annie does all the driving.
On the trip, Scout exists on milk, milk shakes, and jelly doughnuts, but eating makes him nauseated. He frequently throws up, filling the car with the wretched, sour smell of vomit. At one point, Annie pulls into a service...
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