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Bunch

A recurring presence in the Pleydell circle whose name surfaces amid the search for Adèle, another thread in the close-knit web of family and friends.

supporting

First appearance: perishable goods

As a supporting figure in Perishable Goods, Bunch is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Mentioned in Mansel's instructions to search prisoners and arrange their departure.
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Bunch moves through the anxious household at Poganec as one of the familiar intimates drawn into the crisis, part of the small society that closes ranks when Adèle vanishes. The disappearance strips away ordinary social…

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Character Web

13 connections

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RNRose NobleJMJonathan ManselPUPunterTETesterCACarsonBUBunch

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Central Intrigue Network
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

Mansel’s fatal wounding and his calm acceptance of death (“Rot… Luck of the battle”) mark the irreversible tur…

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