The Reivers - Boon Hoggenbeck

Boon Hoggenbeck

Boon is also a major character in Go Down, Moses, where he appears as a McCaslin/Priest family retainer of limited education and interests. In The Reivers he shows the unexpected qualities of a car enthusiast and a romantic hero; his marriage ties up a major "loose end" in the Faulkner canon.

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