My Amputations (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Clarence Major
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: The United States, Europe, and Africa
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Antistory, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, Discrimination, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Africa or Africans, Racism, Sex or sexuality, Crime or criminals, Authors or writers, Europe or Europeans, Friendship, 1980’s, Native Americans or American Indians, Violence, Robbery or robbers, Truth, Hallucinations or illusions, Lectures or lecturing
- Locales: Africa, Europe, United States
Characters Discussed
Mason Ellis, an African American male born on December 31, 1936, in Georgia. He has a birthmark on his right forearm in the shape of a mudfrog. Brought up in Chicago, Illinois, he is a school dropout who joined the Air Force, serving in Wyoming and Florida. As a father of six children, he deserts his wife and goes to New York. He had served time in Attica from 1977 to 1978 for possession of drugs. Mason is a writer and takes on the identity of the Author, a noted black writer. Under his assumed identity, Mason receives a grant from the Magnan-Rockford...
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