Unnamed Man at Max's
Character Key Number:
2121
Display Name:
Unnamed Man at Max's
Sort Name:
Unnamed Man at Max's
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
This is the "second man" who is at Max's house when Joe arrives there looking for Bobbie in Light in August; Joe had "never seen" him before, but he is obviously a kind of partner in Max and Mame's prostitution racket (214). He certainly dresses the part of a gangster from this era: "His hat was tipped forward so that the shadow of the brim fell across his mouth" (214). He assists Max and Mame's hasty departure from town. He beats Joe into insensibility.