Odum Bookwright
Character Key Number:
452
Display Name:
Odum Bookwright
Sort Name:
Bookwright, Odum
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Described in The Hamlet as "sturdy short-legged black-browed ready-faced man" (63), Bookwright is one of several characters in Frenchman's Bend who keep Ratliff apprised of the goings on about the hamlet when he is gone. At the end of that novel, he and Ratliff and Armstid are swindled by Flem Snopes into purchasing the Old Frenchman’s Place - an event that is referred to again in The Mansion.