Maxey

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2019-08-03 13:15
Character Key Number: 
433
Display Name: 
Maxey
Sort Name: 
Maxey
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

Maxey owns the town barber shop in both "Hair" (1931) and Light in August (1932). He is a minor character in both texts, but plays a more central role in "Hair," where the narrator relies on Maxey for information about the story's major characters. (The Jefferson barber shop is a location in eight fictions. It's possible that Faulkner imagined Maxey as its owner in one or more other stories.)

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