The characters / Recurring character
Emlyn McCarron
Emlyn McCarron is recorded in 2 distinct storys.
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands explicitly recalls Emlyn McCarron telling the unusual childbirth story at the same club, naming the narrator of The Breathing Method.
Stories and supporting passages
The Breathing Method
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
One of those who did so was Emlyn McCarron, even then in his late sixties. He held out his hand and I clasped it briefly. His skin was dry, leathery, tough; almost turtlelike. He asked me if I played bridge. I said I did not. “Goddamned good thing,” he said.
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands explicitly recalls Emlyn McCarron telling the unusual childbirth story at the same club, naming the narrator of The Breathing Method.
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
I remember that David Adley was on my right that night, and Emlyn McCarron, who had once given us a frightening story about a woman who had given birth under unusual circumstances, was on my left. Beyond him was Johanssen, with his Wall Street Journal folded in his lap.
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands explicitly recalls Emlyn McCarron telling the unusual childbirth story at the same club, naming the narrator of The Breathing Method.