The Sunlight Dialogues (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Gardner
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: August, 1966
- Setting: Batavia, New York
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Values
- Locales: Batavia, NY
Characters Discussed
Taggert Faeley Hodge, a gifted man of forty years, plagued by bad luck, which transforms a gentle idealist into the cynical, fire-scarred Sunlight Man. Having failed in all of his efforts to save his wife from insanity and his children from death, he returns to his native Batavia, New York. He is arrested for painting the word “love” on a city street, and he begins using magic tricks to undermine people’s faith in law and order and in love. His four “dialogues” with Police Chief Fred Clumly, following the Sunlight Man’s escape, are at once...
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