After a ten-day marriage to the main character, Marvin Macy gets out of jail and tries to ruin her life by stealing her money; he is helped by the hunchback whom she took in, Cousin Lymon.
In this work, a man is called a "Morris Finestein" for crying, and the narrator of this novel observes that "most of us would rather love than be loved." A dwarf in this novel tugs on the pants leg of the man he's infatuated with and wiggles his ears for attention. A handsome reprobate in this novel carries around the ear of a man he killed in a razor fight. Stumphy MacPhail sees the arrival of a man who later paints half of a porch bright green, and who follows another character around because he has been to the (*) penitentiary in Atlanta. After a ten-day marriage to the main character, Marvin Macy gets out of jail and tries to ruin her life by stealing her money; he is helped by the hunchback whom she took in, Cousin Lymon. For 10 points, name this Carson McCullers novella in which Miss Amelia creates the title melancholy eating establishment.
In this work, a man is called a "Morris Finestein" for crying, and the narrator of this novel observes that "most of us would rather love than be loved."
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe