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Brooks Hatlen
Brooks Hatlen is recorded in 1 distinct story.
The elderly prison librarian, also called Brooksie, under whom Andy works.
Also recorded as Brooks, Brooksie, Hatlen.
Stories and supporting passages
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
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He was working in the library then, under a tough old con named Brooks Hatlen. Hatlen had gotten the job back in the late twenties because he had a college education. Brooksie’s degree was in animal husbandry, true enough, but college educations in institutes of lower learning like The Shank are so rare that it’s a case of beggars not being able to be choosers.
The elderly prison librarian, also called Brooksie, under whom Andy works.