Short Fiction · Character
Peter Himmel
Peter Himmel is a young man whose restless ambition and hunger for approval make him the perfect raw material for a political machine looking to mold a fresh face.
supporting
Also known as Peter, Pete
First appearance: the camel s back
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Peter Himmel is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A little boy with serious gray eyes, fascinated by Mr.
Peter has already tasted local notoriety and found it fading, and he sits in Mr. Fraser's office burning with the hope of being chosen. Fraser has watched him since a Fourth of July speech, waiting to see whether Peter would work or drift, and now offers him a State Senate seat. Peter's eagerness to be seen as solid rather than flashy is both his charm and his vulnerability, and it sets him on a path where his own desires and the party's plans may not align.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Love and ambition
- Social climbers and romantics
- Crime and entanglement
- Love and obsession
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See Peter Himmel in the camel s back