# Clif Merrick — Magnificent Obsession character guide

> Clif Merrick in Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Clif, Clif Merrick

**First appearance:** 0003-ii

## Who they are

A cousin of Bobby, involved in family business.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnificent_obsession_se/chapters/ii)

Bobby's father, a drunkard who bullied his son and was despised by his wife; died of pneumonia when Bobby was twelve.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnificent_obsession_se/chapters/ix)

Clif is mentioned as having been excited by the hog-dressing story, contrasting his pride in skinning a buck with the more rustic butchering.

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