Infinite Summer-y 1
Pun and info copied verbatim from the original Infinite Summer blog. I’ve adjusted for page number. There first page goal was the same as ours–63, yet the first summery goes beyond that. Gah. So much formatting! Let me know if this is helpful. I think the best approach will be to do a separate post of Analysis to chat over.
YEAR OF GLAD (p3) Hal interviews at the University of Arizona; in a flashback, Hal eats mold as a child.
YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (17) Erdedy awaits a delivery of pot.
1 APRIL – YEAR OF THE TUCKS MEDICATED PAD (27) Hal speaks with a “professional conversationalist”.
9 MAY – YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (32) Hal, sharing a room with his older brother Mario, receives a call from the eldest brother Orin.
YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (33) A medical attaché discovers that his wife is out, and so selects an unmarked entertainment cartridge to watch.
YEAR OF THE TRIAL-SIZE DOVE BAR (37) Clenette describes Wardine, Wardine’s mother, and Roy Tony; Bruce Green falls in love with and eventually woos Mildred Bonk.
YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (39) Hal and Mario reminisce about their father (Himself) and his death; medical attaché continues to watch cartridge.
OCTOBER – YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (42) Orin kills roaches and wishes he could get rid of last night’s “Subject”.
YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (49) Hal smokes pot in the Pump Room.
AUTUMN – YEAR OF DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND (55) Don Gately accidentally kills a man while robbing his home.
3 NOVEMBER – YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (60) Jim Troelsch—a student at the Enfield Tennis Academy (ETA)—is sick; someone has a nightmare about a face in the floor (told in first-person).
New Characters (those in bold appear to be major):
YEAR OF GLAD (page 3)
Harold (Hal) James Incandenza: Protagonist. Student at the Enfield Tennis Academy; son of James Orin Incandenza and Avril Incandenza; younger brother to Orin Incandenza and Mario Incandenza.
Dr. Charles Tavis: Hal’s mother’s “adoptive brother”; accompanies Hal to University of Arizona interview.
Avril Mondragon Tavis Incandenza (“The Moms”): Wife to James Orin Incandenza, Mother to Orin, Mario, and Hal. Dean of Academic Affairs at ETA; grammarian supreme.
Aubrey F. deLint: ETA prorector.
Kirk White: University of Arizona Varsity Coach.
Mr. Sawyer: University of Arizona Dean of Academics.
Bill: University of Arizona Dean of Athletics.
Unnamed: Dean of Admissions, Dean of Composition.
YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (page 17)
Erdedy — Pot addict, who swears that each pot binge will be his last.
Unnamed: Female who promised to deliver pot to Eldedy.
1 APRIL – YEAR OF THE TUCKS MEDICATED PAD (page 27)
“Conversational Professional”: Possibly Himself in disguise.
9 MAY – YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (page 32)
Mario Incandenza: Older brother to Hal; has some sort of deformity.
YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (page 33)
Unnamed: Medical attaché (first to watch the mysterious, unnamed cartridge)
Medical attaché’s wife.
YEAR OF THE TRIAL-SIZE DOVE BAR (page 37)
Clenette Henderson: Relates the story of Wardine.
Wardine: Clenette’s half-sister and friend who is beaten by Roy Tony.
Reginald: Wardine’s boyfriend.
Roy Tony: Dealer; Wardine’s mother’s “man”.
Delores Epps — Clenette’s friend.
Columbus Epps — Delores’ brother, killed by Roy Tony four years ago (over Clenette’s mother).
Unnamed: Wardine’s mother.
Bruce Green: Husband to Mildred L. Bonk; father to Harriet Bonk-Green.
Mildred L. Bonk: Wife to Bruce Green; mother to Harriet Bonk-Green.
Tommy Doocey: Harelipped pot-dealer (possibly the source of Erdedy’s pot).
Harriet Bonk-Green: Mildred and Bruce’s daughter
OCTOBER – YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (page 42)
Orin Incandenza: Eldest Incandenza brother. Plays football, sleeps with “subjects”, hates roaches.
AUTUMN – YEAR OF DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND (page 55)
Donald “Don” W. Gately: Enormous guy (over 6 ft., close to 300 lbs), thief, murderer (albeit by accident), and “active drug addict”.
Guillaume DuPlessis: Homeowner killed by Gately.
Trent ‘Quo Vadis’ Kite: Gately’s “associate”.
3 NOVEMBER – YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT (page 60)
Jim Troelsch: Ill member of the 18s B squad at ETA.
June 23rd, 2015 at 1:36 pm
For this being my third run at it, I’m surprised how little I recall. But I hope all the reading as of late, especially “Ulysses,” has boosted my reading chops. The Incandenzas and the tennis academy, the guy watching while his wife is away and Don Gately survived the haze for more than a decade.