Naked in Garden Hills | Characters
In the various responses of the people of Garden Hills to their changed world, Crews shows a variety of approaches to contemporary life and moves his narrative through the conflicts among them. The primary antagonist to Dolly and her new system is six-hundred pound Aaron Mayhugh—Fat Man. Son of the only inhabitant of the land originally purchased by O'Boylan, Fat Man has grown up in a mansion on the edge of Garden Hills and, having found the world outside hostile and con/using, has retreated to the protection of his house and the power it has always represented. What he needs from the...
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