The Secret Integration (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Pynchon
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The early 1960's
- Setting: Mingeborough, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires
- Principal Characters: Grover Snodd, Tim Santora, Etienne Cherdlu, Hogan Slothrop, Carl Barrington, Mr. McAfee
- Genres: Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Segregation or integration
- Locales: Berkshires, MA
The Story
“The Secret Integration” takes place among a group of children living in Mingeborough, a small but growing Berkshire community. Led by Grover Snodd, “a boy genius with flaws,” the group includes Tim Santora; Hogan Slothrop, at nine already a reformed alcoholic and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA); Etienne Cherdlu, a notorious practical joker; and Carl Barrington, a child from a black family that has recently moved to town. In addition to dabbling with Grover's experiments and listening to the radio that he has built, the children spend time exploring the...
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