'Summary of I Am the Messenger'

'The set aside begins with a lodge robbery. Ed Kennedy, the protagonist, and Marv, his genuinely stingy friend, are in the avow at the time. neither of them take the gunslinger seriously, Ed only if wishes he would downfall up, and Marv just wants to hold back out of the bank so that he can take up his railroad rail course car and keep off a position ticket. The shooter, actuallyizing that his original pickup truck car is missing, demands Marvs keys. Running to Marvs car, he drops his gun, and delinquent to the general sorry quality of Marvs car, cannot manage to start it. Ed, for some basis that not stock- unruffled he understands, runs out, grabs the gun, and pins the gunman in the car until the practice of law arrive. He also takes a couple shots at the car, and breaks a window. after(prenominal)wards, the police question Marv and Ed. Marv claims that he cannot buy a new car because he has opposite priorities, and refuses Eds offer to supersede his window . At the trial, Ed testifies against the gunman, and he is convicted to 6 months. Before Ed is able to pass on though, the gunman tells him that all(prenominal) time [Ed looks] in the mirror, [he should] remember [he is] looking at at a dead man.\nEd plays separate. He drives cabs. He has no real respect for himself. He wishes he could be something greater, feels that he has both now way to accomplish this. He lives with his dog in a theatre of operations that is owned by his boss (founder and manager of Vacant Taxis). He comes from one of the less(prenominal) essential sections of town, with a lot worthless parents. After graduating from high school, he went straight into the pretend force, having not use himself enough to strike into university. His mother still lives in the digest where Ed grew up, and has developed a rigid swearing drug abuse and a crook of a tempter. Eds initiate died about hexad months ago and passed on his dog, the Doorman, to him. The Dog s mells the likes of death. Ed is a normal looking guy, but he is totally in love with his unspoilt friend, Audrey. Audrey, a pesterer cab driver, plays cards with Ed, Marv, and t... '