The Man Who Found a Pistol (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudolfo Anaya
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: New Mexico
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Procopio, The man who found a pistol
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Ghosts or apparitions, Southwest, Latinos, Guns
- Locales: New Mexico
The Story
Procopio, the bartender of a small, isolated mountain town, well known among his clientele for keeping up with the community's daily gossip, re-creates the incidents that led to a man's death. Because the details in the newspaper are skimpy, the bartender's story explains how the dead man's luck changed for the worse the day he found a mysterious pistol. From that moment, the man, who had been a reserved outcast from the community, was known as the man who found a pistol.
The narrator feels a mysterious interest in Procopio's story, because he also has found an...
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