Saint Jack (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Theroux
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social morality
- Time of Work: 1953-1971
- Setting: Singapore, at an unnamed American college
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Prostitution or prostitutes, Blackmail, Ethics, Corruption
- Locales: Singapore
Characters Discussed
Jack Flowers, born Jack Fiori in North Boston, fifty-three years old and living in Singapore at the opening of the novel, which is a first-person memoir of his misadventures. His voice is comically candid but consistently underscored by a poignant thoughtfulness. He is a rascal with compassionate inclinations; a pragmatic panderer and a shameless poser, he secretly entertains very romantic illusions. He has lived with an energetic restlessness for imagined possibilities, and now he suddenly confronts the probability that his life will end in pathetic...
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