Jerome Robinson

70 YEARS OLD AND STILL GOING STRONG! AM RUSHING OUT TO THE MARKET, WILL CALL U LATER. XXX ALLIE For the first time since Jerome returned from Arizona, Tyrone Feelgood Delight makes an appearance. “You is sem’ny years old, Massa Hodges? Laws! You don’t look a day ovah sixty-fi’!”

Tyrone Feelgood Delight is explicitly Jerome Robinson's performed voice/persona, not an additional person.

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“It is for this one. I got my heavy equipment license last winter, the pay is excellent, and Harvard ain’t cheap, even with a partial scholarship.” Tyrone Feelgood Delight makes a mercifully brief guest appearance. “Dis here black boy goan tote dat barge an’ lift dat bale, Massa Hodges!”

Tyrone Feelgood Delight is explicitly Jerome Robinson's performed voice/persona, not an additional person.

Holly asks. “Leave them,” Hodges says. “Let’s go get that kid. I can’t wait to hear his story.” He tosses Jerome the Mercedes key. “Thanks, Massa Hodges!” Tyrone Feelgood screeches. “Dis here black boy is one safe drivuh! I is goan get’chall safe to yo destin—” “Shut up, Jerome.”

Tyrone Feelgood is Jerome’s performed comic voice, explicitly answered with “Shut up, Jerome”; it is not another person.

Holly has enough self-awareness to know that while this might be so, it’s also a rationalization. Nevertheless, she calls Jerome Robinson. At least she won’t be interrupting his work; he always pushes back by noon, and it’s almost noon now. Isn’t 10:50 pretty close to noon? “Hollyberry!” he exclaims.

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Today Pete Huntley, her partner in the business since Bill Hodges died, is out trying to track down a runaway at the city’s various homeless shelters. Jerome Robinson, taking a year off from Harvard while he tries to turn a forty-page sociology paper into what he hopes will be a book, is also working for Finders Keepers, although only part-time.

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I’ll dog-sit Odell.” “You don’t need to do that, he’s fine.” “I’m sure he is, but standing in line will give you time to consider my little problem. Think of yourself as Sherlock, maybe that’ll help.” “Okay.” Tyrone Feelgood Delight pops out. “Only you is Sherlock! I is Doctah Watson!”

Tyrone Feelgood Delight is explicitly Jerome Robinson's performed voice/persona, not an additional person.

2 On his last circuit of the day, he cruises by the house on Teaberry Lane where Jerome Robinson, Hodges’s hired boy, lives with his mother, father, and kid sister. Jerome Robinson also bugs Brady. Robinson is good-looking, he works for the ex-cop, and he goes out every weekend with different girls.

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4 Jerome Robinson and John Ackerly have scrambled eggs and about a gallon of coffee at a café down the street from Happy, which John will open at eight AM, ready to serve early birds wanting that all-important wake-up shot of vodka and orange.

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She supposed she could call Mrs Maitland, only the woman would cry and be all sad and Holly wouldn’t know how to comfort her, she never did. Once not so long ago she had helped Jerome Robinson’s sister through a bad patch, but as a rule she was terrible at things like that.

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