The Half-Skinned Steer | Characters
Anthropologist
The anthropologist introduces a young Mero to sex by showing him Native-American stone drawings of female genitalia.
Louise Corn
Louise calls Mero to let him know about his brother’s death. She expresses concern over Mero’s choice to drive from Massachusetts to Wyoming, instead of flying.
Mero Corn
Mero Corn is an old man haunted by his ranching past, which he must face when he drives to his brother’s funeral—a journey that ultimately kills him. Sixty years before the story begins, at the age of twenty-three,...
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