Submitted by lorie.watkins@g... on Wed, 2016-10-19 13:53
The man who is Mrs. Odlethrop's son in "Monk" and also, presumably, the title character's biological father, is described as "too much even for that country and people" (43). He returns to his mother's home with a woman, presumably Monk's mother, after a ten year absence. He initially left (or was driven out of Yoknapatawpha) after killing someone, and after his return his own mother is said to have "driven" him out of town again at gunpoint (43).
Submitted by lorie.watkins@g... on Wed, 2016-10-19 13:45
Presumably Monk's grandmother, Mrs. Odlethrop lives like a hermit with Monk and seems fiercely protective of him. People tell of how she chased her son and Monk's mother "out of the house and out of the country" with a shotgun because he was "too much even for that country and people" (43).
Lucas began making moonshine at a secret place "not a mile from Zack Edmonds' kitchen door" (34). After twenty years, though, he feels he has to dismantle the still and hide it further away.
