2016年2月6日土曜日

THE DRIVER Thomas McGuane

  Because of Spencer, a retarded child, a driver, a well-meaning man, who just happens to see Spence walking alone and tries to drive him home, is regarded as a kidnapper. As a result, the driver commits suicide with his gun. What a miserable ending!
   The development of the story is excellent. The same pronunciation of two words, Bayreuth and Buy-Rite is well used in the story. The driver, who gets angry and leaves Spencer alone, after all, comes back to help him. This shows how good a man the driver is. The unexpected ending is so shocking.
  But that could happen to any man. The use of golf-ball-size hail in the end of the story is effective. The public often fail to see the truth. The driver’s arrest is a mistake and the hail is a fake.