Over the years of his marriage and as Arvin grows up, Willard becomes increasingly devoted to prayer and when Charlotte contracts cancer, he becomes convinced that only prayer will cure her. On his way home, he sees a beautiful waitress named Charlotte and falls in love, eventually marrying her and fathering Arvin. These are lessons that Arvin applies throughout his life.įollowing the prologue, the narrative focuses on Willard, newly returned from World War II and traumatized by his experiences on the battlefront. In a brief prologue, protagonist Arvin learns some valuable lessons in how to confront adversity from his obsessively prayerful father Willard. The work also explores the nature and power of evil, the true nature and meaning of justice, and the nature of redemption. Pollock questions the validity of God and faith and portrays the corruptive power of sex and desire.
This novel interweaves several narrative lines in a story that travels through some of the darkest tunnels of the human experience but at the end offers a glimpse of light.
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