Emergency (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Denis Johnson
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1973
- Setting: Iowa City, Iowa
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Georgie, Terrence Weber, Hardee
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Rural or country life, Vietnam War, Accidents, Drug addiction or addicts, Hospitals, Lifesaving, Rescue, Rabbits, Iowa
- Locales: Iowa City, IA
The Story
Told in the first person, “Emergency” begins when the narrator has a break in his emergency room job at an Iowa City hospital, so he goes searching for his friend Georgie, an emergency room orderly who often steals drugs from the hospital. The narrator finds Georgie in the operating room. Despite having mopped the floor several times, Georgie insists that it is still covered in blood. The narrator, realizing Georgie is already high on one of the drugs that he has filched, asks him to share. He does, and both characters become so high on the mystery drug that they...
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