Unnamed Imaginary Assassin
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Unnamed Imaginary Assassin
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Unnamed Imaginary Assassin
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
In Chapter 17 of The Town Gavin refers, hypothetically, to "some dedicated enthusiast panting for martyrdom in the simple name of Man" whom Flem could get to "shoot old Will some night" (302). The context suggests that this potential solution to Flem's problem is invented by Gavin as much if not more than by Flem.