Mickelsson’s Ghosts (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Gardner
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1980-1981
- Setting: Binghamton, New York, and Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, Murder or homicide, Authors or writers, Prostitution or prostitutes, Ghosts or apparitions, 1980’s, Ethics, Colleges or universities, Mormons
- Locales: New York, Pennsylvania, Binghamton, NY, Susquehanna, PA
Characters Discussed
Peter J. Mickelsson, the novel’s center of consciousness, an internationally known professor of philosophy specializing in ethics. He has recently left Providence, Rhode Island, and his wife to take a position at the State University of New York at Binghamton in the hopes of putting his life back in order. Having suffered one nervous breakdown, Mickelsson appears on the verge of another as he struggles with his wife’s long-distance demands, the Internal Revenue Service, alcohol, and his own stalled career. Essentially an idealist, he wears his newly...
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