“Everyone in Fort Powden knew the place because of the large, cartoonish sign nailed to the front porch: BRENT’S ROOMS FOR MEN, announced a dialogue balloon above a monkey who held a banana in what many took to be a suggestive position. Imagine Carter imagining a nervous but poignant reunion scene in which he puts out of his mind his father’s blows, the terrible things Duncan had said about Carter’s mother and Carter and Cheryl Lynn (slut faggot bastard asshole shithead twat bitch jerkoff fucker...) so that he and Duncan Clay can embrace, man to man, soldier to soldier. After a few embarrassed tears—tears? no tears?—Duncan and Carter go out for a drink. They talk about the suicide of Carter’s mother. Duncan explains that her death has opened his eyes, he misses her something awful— No. Drinks with Duncan would be a bad idea. Duncan, drunk, tended to grow sullen, not sentimental. So, no drinks. They would sit in the rooming house and talk—Carter, perhaps, perched on some lumpy bed while Duncan sat in a chair.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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