Great Beatdowns in Literature

Street justice is a rare commodity in high literature. Unlike its companion universe of film, the realm of books is static and immutable. Movie characters evolve and erode; there will always be a chance

av William B. Fuckley Jr., Clotty Koppleman

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JAMES BOND (CASINO ROYALE BY IAN FLEMING)

familienähnlichkeit

BUCK (THE CALL OF THE WILD BY JACK LONDON)

HOLDEN CAULFIELD (THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J.D. SALINGER)

SALADIN CHAMCHA (THE SATANIC VERSES BY SALMAN RUSHDIE)

Women in Love

Their Eyes Were Watching God

HUCK FINN (THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN BY MARK TWAIN)

FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER (FRANKENSTEIN BY MARY SHELLEY)

EARL OF GLOUCESTER (KING LEAR BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE)

Annons

HIPPOLYTUS (HIPPOLYTUS BY EURIPIDES, TRANSLATED BY GRENE)

kill

Oedipus Rex

Hippolytus

BUNNY HOOVER (BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS BY KURT VONNEGUT)

JOB (BOOK OF JOB, THE BIBLE)

force majeure

JUDAS (INFERNO BY DANTE ALIGHIERI, TRANSLATED BY DURLING)

Divine Comedy

LAOCOÖN (THE AENEID BY VIRGIL, TRANSLATED BY FAIRCLOUGH, REVISED BY GOOLD)

PHILIP MARLOWE (FAREWELL, MY LOVELY BY RAYMOND CHANDLER)

Farewell, My Lovely

RAY MITCHELL (SAMARITAN BY RICHARD PRICE)

The Wire

Samaritan

JERRY RENAULT (THE CHOCOLATE WAR BY ROBERT CORMIER)

KIDS HOSPICE

WINSTON SMITH (1984 BY GEORGE ORWELL)

SYMKYN (“THE REEVE’S TALE” IN THE CANTERBURY TALES BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER)

Romper Stomper

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