Deadeye Dick | Characters
As often happens in Vonnegut's novels, there is really only one character (in this case, Rudy Waltz), a narrative voice who ranges back and forth over a given period (his life and those of his parents), describing the other characters, whom the reader rarely confronts directly. Rudy is a failure as a playwright, but he is a good cook, and he spices his narrative with recipes. Rudy settles down to a career as a pharmacist, but he is interrupted at his duties almost nightly by callers asking if he is Deadeye Dick, who accidentally shot a pregnant woman, so he is not allowed to forget his...
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