The protagonist of this novel is prevented from killing himself by his desire to pass on a translucent stone to his daughter Ellen in the hopes that her honesty can redeem his family.
The protagonist of this novel is prevented from killing himself by his desire to pass on a translucent stone to his daughter Ellen in the hopes that her honesty can redeem his family. Earlier, he had provided his alcoholic friend Danny Taylor the means to drink himself to death so that he could gain valuable land owned by Danny, but soon realized the error of his ways after plotting the deportation of his boss, Alfio Marullo, in order to gain ownership of Alfio's grocery store, all done to try to reestablish his family's preeminence in New Baytown, Long Island. Centering on Ethan Allen Hawley, FTP, what is this John Steinbeck novel which takes its name from the first line of Richard III?
The protagonist of this novel is prevented from killing himself by his desire to pass on a translucent stone to his daughter Ellen in the hopes that her honesty can redeem his family.
The Winter of Our Discontent