Red Harvest · Character
Bill Quint
The I.W.W.'s chief muckademuck in Personville, a whiskey-soaked organizer who runs the red cards and remembers every skull old Elihu Willsson had cracked.
supporting
Also known as Bill, Quint
First appearance: red harvest
As a supporting figure in Red Harvest, Bill Quint is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Provides the narrator with background on Personville's power structure and the murder.
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Quint holds the local radical line from a green-curtained booth, vetting strangers' union credentials while nursing his own grudge against the men who broke the 1921 strike. He is wary, garrulous, and useful precisely…
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See Bill Quint in red harvestNarrative arc
Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this scene, the emotional peak occurs when Dinah Brand, in a fury, physically attacks the Continental Op af…
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See Bill Quint in red harvest