Nairobi (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Joyce Carol Oates
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: An April during the early 1980's
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Ginny, Oliver Leahy, Herbert Crews, Marguerite Crews
- Genres: Realism, Short fiction, Surrealist literature
- Subjects: Detectives, Money, Theft, Models, fashion
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story
As the story opens, Oliver Leahy is taking Ginny to some exclusive shops on New York City's Madison Avenue to buy for her what he calls “an appropriate outfit.” For what it is appropriate, Ginny does not know, but she takes great pleasure in the several hours of shopping. Ginny is very attractive, the kind of woman it would be hard for a man not to find captivating, though she seems unaware of that. Indeed, she is a rather young model.
It is only after the reader has finished the story, reflected on it, and considered the reverberations of the title,...
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