Part I, describes two mutes who are friends and live together. One is a big Greek man, Spiros Antonapoulos, and the other is a tall, thin man named John Singer. Soon, however, Antonapoulos begins to act in anti-social ways and his cousin sends him to an insane asylum. Singer is bereft. He begins to take all his meals at a cafe that is run by Biff Brannon. Biff likes to watch people and is especially interested lately in a man named Jack Blount, a drunk who shouts anti-capitalist propaganda. He is also interested in Mick Kelly. Mick is a girl of twelve of a large family that runs a boarding house. Since her parents are busy with work, the job of care-taking her two younger brothers is left to Mick. She thinks of Mr. Singer and music all the time. Jake has gotten drunk and in a strange fight with a wall. He wakes up in Singer’s room and then goes out and gets a job at a carnival. On the way to the job, he sees a sign quoted from the Bible painted on a wall. After work, he likes to......
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