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Rudy Harrington has spent half his life in a rambling Chicago house, raising three daughters with his independent-minded wife. But his wife has died, his daughters have moved away, and Rudy is restless. In what he interprets as a moment of transcendent vision, he puts the family home up for... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mr. Rudy: the main character
- Norma Jean: an elephant
- Helen: rudy's dead wife
- Nandini: an Indian woman
- Medardo: a foreman of an avocado grove that Rudy owns
- Molly: Rudy's daughter
- Margot: Rudy's daughter who is living in Florence, Italy...she was in Sixteen Pleasures
- María: a friend of Rudy's
- Meg: Rudy's oldest daughter who is a lawyer and has two children
- Ganesh: Add a description of this character.
- Father Russell
- Dan
- Aristotle
- Mr. Harrington
- Bruno Bruni
- Maxine
- Mama
- Schopenhauer
- Tj
- Harry Becker
- Ann Arbor
- Papa
- Gary
- Siva
- Tejinder
- Bob
- Alexander
- Marilyn Monroe
- Hidalgo
- Phyllis
- Virgin Mary
- Creaky
- Edgar Lee Masters
First Sentence edit
Rudy took up philosophy late in life.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Hellenga (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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