The Caveman’s Valentine (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: George Dawes Green
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Mainly New York City
- Principal Characters: Romulus (Rom) Ledbetter, Lulu Ledbetter, Stuyvesant, David Leppenraub, Moira Leppenraub, Scotty Gates, Matthew, Detective John Cork, Vlad
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Homelessness or homeless people, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Murder or homicide, Drugs, Hallucinations or illusions, AIDS, Caves
- Locales: New York, NY
The valentine in George Dawes Green’s first novel, The Caveman’s Valentine, is a body dropped on Valentine’s Day in front of a cave inhabited by the novel’s would-be sleuth and unwilling hero, Romulus Ledbetter. Known to his fellow homeless as Rom the Caveman, Romulus inhabits a cave in New York City’s Inwood Park. The novel opens with an enraged Romulus incoherently ranting and raving as he attempts to fend off the goodwill of an overly zealous social worker. Not only is Romulus homeless by choice, but he also is a paranoid eccentric given to wild fits of inchoate...
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