Five-Twenty (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Patrick White
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: Sydney, Australia
- Principal Characters: Ella Natwick, Royal Natwick, An unnamed older man
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Obsession, Accidents, Old age or elderly people, Heart attack or disease, Retirement, Automobiles
- Locales: Sydney, Australia
The Story
Ella and Royal Natwick, having retired to a small bungalow along Parramatta Road, a decaying suburb of Sydney, are spectators of the modern, industrial world that passes by them. Their chief summer activity is watching the traffic each day from their porch. Royal, a belligerent, insensitive invalid, is confined to a wheelchair; Ella, his lifelong devoted mate, dotes on him, suppressing any display of emotion that might upset him. As they watch one of the frequent traffic jams, Royal singles out for ridicule a man driving a pink-and-brown Holden: The car's color...
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