Andre Dubus (1936-1999) “Killings”

ENGL 2030: Experience of Literature— Fiction [Lavery]

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Setting

ENGL 2030: Experience of Literature— Fiction [Lavery] Massachusetts — on the coast, near Boston.

New Hampshire — where Strout is killed and buried.

“Killings”

Frank Fowler

Son of Matt and Mary Ann Fowler; aspiring architect; dating Mary Ann Strout; murdered by Richard Strout ENGL 2030: Experience of Literature— Fiction [Lavery] “Killings”

Mary Ann Strout

Estranged wife of Richard Strout; dating Frank Fowler; mother of two sons.

ENGL 2030: Experience of Literature— Fiction [Lavery] “Killings”

Richard Strout

Estranged husband of Mary Ann Strout; former high school athlete who flunked out of U. Mass; murdered Frank Strout, his wife’s lover; killed by Matt Fowler ENGL 2030: Experience of Literature— Fiction [Lavery] “Killings”

Matt Fowler

ENGL 2030: Experience of Literature— Fiction [Lavery] Father of Frank Fowler and husband of Ruth; revenges (with an assist from Willis Trottier) his son’s murder by killing Richard Strout.

“Killings”

Ruth Fowler

Wife of Matt Fowler and mother of Frank Fowler. A silent partner in the revenge killing of Richard Strout.

ENGL 2030: Experience of Literature— Fiction [Lavery] “Killings”

Willis Trottier

Best friend of Matt Fowler and accomplice in the revenge killing of Richard Strout.

ENGL 2030: Experience of Literature— Fiction [Lavery] “Killings”