The Night of the Iguana (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)

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Set during World War II, The Night of the Iguana features three main characters. Shannon, a defrocked minister and recovering alcoholic, now a tour guide for a cheap Texas-based travel agency, and Hannah Jelkes meet at a shabby Mexican tourist hotel that is run by an oversexed American expatriate, Maxine. As one of Williams's survivor characters, Maxine supports herself, hoping some day to return to the United States to manage a motel.

Shannon's battles are internal, involving his dismissal from the church for reasons of alcoholism and sexual promiscuities. Throughout the...

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