This character observes, "So many young men get their likes and dislikes from Mencken" while riding down an ugly street to meet an unshaved gambler at the only café in the neighborhood that taxi drivers ever drop people off at.
This character observes, "So many young men get their likes and dislikes from Mencken" while riding down an ugly street to meet an unshaved gambler at the only café in the neighborhood that taxi drivers ever drop people off at. A man who raves that Lincoln was in love with Grant accompanies this character on a bus trip to go fishing in the Irati River. This character claims that "all countries just look like the moving pictures" while refusing to go to South America with a friend who repeatedly re-reads (*) The Purple Land to take his mind off Frances. Watching a group of homosexuals dance with the prostitute Georgette enrages this character, who is denounced as a "damned pimp" before being knocked out cold by a former Princeton boxer. For 10 points, name this rival of Mike Campbell, Pedro Romero, and Robert Cohn for the affections of Lady Brett Ashley, an impotent war veteran in The Sun Also Rises.
This character observes, "So many young men get their likes and dislikes from Mencken" while riding down an ugly street to meet an unshaved gambler at the only café in the neighborhood that taxi drivers ever drop people off at.
Jake Barnes [accept either]