Nickel Mountain (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Gardner
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Pastoral
- Time of Work: 1954-1959
- Setting: The farming country in the Catskills of upstate New York
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s
- Locales: New York
Characters Discussed
Henry Soames, forty-one years old, the owner of the Stop-Off diner located in the Catskill Mountains. His heart condition is the result of his being ninety pounds overweight, but his hunger for food is outstripped by his hunger for talk and companionship. His streak of violence and self- destructiveness is offset by his huge meaningless love of humankind. “Caught up in the buzzing, blooming confusion,” Henry believes that every person must find something worth being crucified for—in Henry’s case, his wife and son and his community of friends,...
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