The characters / Recurring character
Harry Doolin
Harry Doolin is recorded in 4 distinct storys.
The Harwich boy involved with Willie Shearman in Carol Gerber’s childhood assault is remembered by the same victims and witnesses.
Stories and supporting passages
Blind Willie
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God is in the picture. God marked him in 1960, when he first helped Harry Doolin tease Carol and then helped Harry beat her. That occasion of sin has never left his mind.
Willie recalls helping Doolin tease and assault Carol in 1960.
Hearts in Atlantis
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“I was in the park down the street from my house, and these three boys came along—Harry Doolin, Willie Shearman, and another one. I can’t remember the other one’s name. It doesn’t matter, anyway. They beat me up.
Carol names Doolin and Willie among the boys who beat her.
Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling
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Would Carol have burned to death in Los Angeles if Harry Doolin and his friends had left her alone? You couldn’t say for sure, of course, but Bobby thought the answer was probably no.
Bobby thinks of how the attack by Doolin and his friends affected Carol’s later life.
Low Men in Yellow Coats
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Won’t be hard to find your mother if I want to try. All I have to do is ask Father Fitzgerald.” “Harry Doolin, that’s me,” the boy said at last. He was twirling his class ring faster than ever. “Well, but I was close, wasn’t I?”
The boy identifies himself as Harry Doolin while twisting his ring.