The Messenger

Charles Wright

The Messenger is the autobiographical first-person narrative of Charlie, a lonely man. The novel is episodic. Each of its forty short, loosely connected chapters recalls an incident from Charlie’s past or describes in graphic detail his current situation as a promising writer who makes a meager living as a messenger for Wall Street brokers.

status	Copy #1 (4529): in
genre	Literature and Fiction » Beat Generation
publisher	Straus & Giroux
publish date	1963
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