Falconer | Characters
Because of its prison setting, Falconer allowed Cheever the opportunity to experiment with different characters than in his previous fiction. The novel assembles a realistic cast of inmates, prison officials, and extenuating personnel, many wearing adopted names and personalities: Bumpo, Tiny, Tennis, Chicken Number Two, and the Cuckold. In his treatment of the inmate population, however, Cheever is careful to sympathetically portray the human, often tender and compassionate dimension of men imprisoned for crimes against society.
The protagonist of Falconer is...
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