Unnamed Husband of Melisandre Backus

Submitted by jbc@ku.edu on Wed, 2017-10-25 16:27
Text: 
The Town
Character Key: 
Harriss
Display Name: 
Unnamed Husband of Melisandre Backus
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Husband of Melisandre Backus
AKA: 
Harriss
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dies
Occupation: 
Criminal
Specific Job: 
Bootlegger
First Mentioned: 
Backus-Harriss Plantation in The Town (Location)
Origin: 
New Orleans
Cause of Death: 
Murder
Other Texts: 
"Knight's Gambit"
The Mansion
Biography: 

Melisandre Backus's husband was "a big rich New Orleans bootlegger," until "they brought him home with a bullet hole neatly plugged up in the middle of his forehead, in a bullet-proof hearse" (187). In "Knight's Gambit" his name is Harriss.

Note: 
Melisandre's bootlegger husband is named Harriss in Knight's Gambit, but not named in The Town.
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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