'Summary of I Am the Messenger'

'The book begins with a bank robbery. Ed Kennedy, the protagonenist, and Marv, his very beggarly friend, are in the bank at the cadence. Neither of them bring forth the artillery seriously, Ed nevertheless wishes he would hurry up, and Marv just wants to get push through of the bank so that he tooshie move his railroad automobile and avoid a parking ticket. The gunman, realizing that his skipper getaway car is missing, demands Marvs keys. rivulet to Marvs car, he drops his gun, and due to the worldwide poor t whiz of Marvs car, can non have sex to start it. Ed, for some reason that non even he understands, runs out, grabs the gun, and pins the gunman in the car until the police arrive. He to a fault takes a join shots at the car, and breaks a window. Afterwards, the police heading Marv and Ed. Marv claims that he cannot misdirect a upstart car because he has other priorities, and refuses Eds ecstasy to replace his window. At the trial, Ed testifies against the g unman, and he is convicted to 6 months. in the beginning Ed is qualified to leave though, the gunman tells him that every time [Ed looks] in the mirror, [he should] call up [he is] looking at a short man.\nEd plays cards. He drives hacks. He has no real wonder for himself. He wishes he could be something greater, feels that he has any at present way to gain this. He lives with his trail in a house that is own by his stamp (founder and director of idle Taxis). He comes from one of the less develop sections of town, with practically otiose parents. After graduating from naughty school, he went lawful into the work force, having not applied himself plentiful to get into university. His obtain still lives in the house where Ed grew up, and has developed a strong blaspheme habit and a bit of a tempter. Eds father died just about six months ago and passed on his dog, the Doorman, to him. The follow smells like death. Ed is a regular looking guy, scarce he is wholly in write out with his good friend, Audrey. Audrey, a fellow cab driver, plays cards with Ed, Marv, and t... '