David and Jonathan | Setting
The central narration of David and Jonathan is set on Cape Cod in the 1950s during the Korean War. Henry Marr and Jonathan Nafiche attend Orleans High and live within biking distance of each other. Henry's home, a sprawling clapboard cottage on Beach Road, has been inherited from a distant relative, and little has been done to make it cheerful or attractive. Jonathan describes Henry's living room as "aesthetically unfit for human life." Henry agrees with Jonathan, but his parents seem oblivious to its drabness.
Jonathan's family lives above the restaurant they run in...
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