Cherokee (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean Echenoz
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Paris and the French Alps
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: France or French people, Crime or criminals, 1980’s, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Detectives, Cults, Private investigators, Alps
- Locales: Paris, France, Alps, France
Characters Discussed
George Chave (shahv), the protagonist. A tall, thin man in his thirties, he is looking for work as a way to please his girlfriend, Veronique, but he soon shifts his devotion to Jenny Weltman. Hired as a detective, he arouses the envy of other employees by finding a lost wife and a lost parrot. As unexplainable events take place around him, he is pursued by the police, hidden by friends, kidnapped, taken by a cult, and finally united with Jenny.
Fred Shapiro, a mysterious businessman. An expensively dressed man of thirty-eight, he is balding and has a...
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