GKM 4600 Lecture Notes - Cabin Cruiser
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Emmanuel retsinas ( louis ) is the main character of the book. He is the almost man -- almost ugly, almost good-looking, almost lazy, almost an atheist. He is contradictory, multi-faceted, and larger than life. Louis does not wish to rely on anybody he has built his own house where he generates his own electricity and pumps his own water. Kostas manolopoulos ( gus ) is the narrator of the story and. He works as a court clerk, but is also supported by his rich aunt eustathia. The book starts with louis calling up the narrator and telling him that he has a birthday present for him. The two friends go down to the docks and board a 60-foot cabin cruiser boat named fatm on which louis works as first mate for a rich italian man named renato. Louis brings the narrator into a cabin where a young naked girl is resting.