Return to Return (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Barry Hannah
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Plot: Antistory
- Time of Work: The 1950's to 1970's
- Setting: New York City and cities in Louisiana
- Principal Characters: French Edward, Baby Levaster, Dr. James Word
- Genres: Short fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, South or Southerners, New York City, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Mental retardation, Athletes, Sports, Tennis
- Locales: New York, NY, Louisiana
The Story
A brain-damaged tennis professional, French Edward, and his sidekick and unofficial manager, Baby Levaster, are a most unlikely pair. Edward is presumably the happiest man on the court and may also be the prettiest. Levaster, a self-hating, hard-drinking, part-time physician, is quite unattractive. In a segmented dream memory, Levaster revisits the often picaresque adventures of their collective past. He and Edward first became acquainted as high school athletes in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Levaster was a better tennis player initially, but after the local college...
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