Greasy Lake (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: A small American town and its environs
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Digby, Jeff, Bobby, Al, A young woman
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age
- Locales: United States
The Story
“Greasy Lake” is, on the surface at least, a teenage adventure story replete with high jinks, slapstick, and a good brawl. The good times go decidedly sour before the story is over, however, and the reader realizes that something more serious has been at issue all along.
The story is divided into three major sections. The first introduces the narrator and his two friends, just out of school for the summer, who cruise the streets of their small hometown, drinking, sniffing glue, and in general being what they consider “bad characters.”
The longer...
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