Minor characters in this work include the alcoholic Romola Martin, who still lives in Iowa and is introduced in a flashback, as well as the imperious janitor, Mrs. Johnson.
Minor characters in this work include the alcoholic Romola Martin, who still lives in Iowa and is introduced in a flashback, as well as the imperious janitor, Mrs. Johnson. The latter takes it upon herself to organize a lavish funeral midway through the novel, for a failed vaudeville clown named Harry. That ceremony attracts numerous members of the San Bernardino Arms community including the dwarf Abe Kusich. Early on in the novel we meet Earle Shoop, a cowboy from Arizona, who dates the actress Faye for part of the story. The novel ends with a mob scene in front of Kahn's Persian Palace, where the childlike Homer Simpson has hit a child. For ten points, identify this novel that ends with a vision of the painting, "The Burning of Los Angeles," by its protagonist Tod Hackett, a work by Nathanel West.
Minor characters in this work include the alcoholic Romola Martin, who still lives in Iowa and is introduced in a flashback, as well as the imperious janitor, Mrs. Johnson.
{The Day of the Locust}