Hocus Corpus [SEP] narrative location
Hocus Corpus
Hocus Corpus is a crime novel by the American writer James N. Tucker set in 1990s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It tells the story of Dr. Jack Merlin, now chief resident of surgery, still a part-time magician and sleuth, who is mysteriously losing patients after routine surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Sources.
"Contemporary Authors Online". The Gale Group, 2006. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000142340.
External links.
- "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hocus Pocus (novel)
Hocus Pocus, or What's the Hurry, Son? is a 1990 novel by Kurt Vonnegut.
Structure.
Like many of Vonnegut's novels, "Hocus Pocus" uses a non-linear narrative and has a plot centered on a major event heavily alluded to until the final chapters.
The main character is Eugene Debs Hartke, a Vietnam War veteran, college professor, and carillonneur who realizes that he has killed exactly as many people as the number of women he has had