‘Jack’ proves Marilynne Robinson’s gift for delineating character
Oct 01, 2020
3 minutes
Marilynne Robinson introduced John Ames “Jack” Boughton to readers 16 years ago in the first of her acclaimed Gilead novels, set in small-town Iowa in the 1950s. Loyal readers already know plenty about the complicated character who headlines her fourth Gilead book: a shifty, tormented, yet beloved prodigal son who abandoned his hometown and family for 20 years.
Robinson changes settings here from 1950s Gilead to 1940s St. Louis and zooms in on a pivotal relationship in the
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