The characters / Recurring character
George Raymer
George Raymer is recorded in 2 distinct storys.
The policeman in Bobby’s childhood scene is the neighborhood beat cop remembered from Willie Shearman’s childhood in the same Harwich circle.
Stories and supporting passages
Blind Willie
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
Hanratty was a live-and-let-live type of guy who smelled of Old Spice and whiskey just like George Raymer, the neighborhood beat-cop of Willie Shearman’s childhood, but easygoing Eric Hanratty’d still had Blind Willie up to two hundred a month by the time he retired in 1978.
Willie remembers the neighborhood beat cop George Raymer and his Old Spice and whiskey smell.
Low Men in Yellow Coats
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
“Someone here’s lyin faster’n a hoss can trot.” “He—” “You—” Harry and Bobby spoke together, but Officer George Raymer was interested in hearing from neither. “Shut up!” he roared, loud enough to make an old couple strolling past on the other side of the street turn and look.
Officer Raymer mediates the Bobby/Harry dispute and asks Harry to shake Robert’s hand.