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Gene Martin (Desperation)
Gene Martin (Desperation) is recorded in 1 distinct story.
The companion novels reuse this name for separately depicted people with changed roles and family circumstances; retain distinct work-scoped identities rather than assuming one individual.
Also recorded as Gene Martin.
A separate counterpart
Desperation depicts a minister advising David; The Regulators depicts Mary Jackson’s hotel lover.
Stories and supporting passages
Desperation
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3 Now he hung in the black, blind but not deaf, listening for the voice, the one Reverend Gene Martin called the still, small voice of God. Reverend Martin had listened carefully to David’s story not once but many times over the last seven months, and he seemed especially pleased by David’s recounting of how he had felt during the conversation with his parents after he had finished talking with Mr. Ross.
The companion novels reuse this name for separately depicted people with changed roles and family circumstances; retain distinct work-scoped identities rather than assuming one individual.