# Brent Dalgreen — Short Fiction character guide

> Brent Dalgreen in Short Fiction by Harry Harrison.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. Dalgreen, Dalgreen

**First appearance:** 0000-an-artist-s-life

## Snapshot

An aging painter chasing a hunch he can't prove, whose quiet visits to galleries and strangers' doorsteps hide a desperate race against his own dwindling time.

## Who they are

Brent Dalgreen moves through the art world with the ease of a recognized name, charming curators and talking shop while privately pursuing suspicions he admits are unsupported by a shred of real evidence. He keeps his true thoughts hidden even from the loquacious Kinnent, driven by the knowledge that the sands of his life are trickling out. His visit to Di Costa's residence sets the story's central mystery in motion.

## Relationships

### [Adao Costa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/adao_costa)

_professional_

Adao employs Brent as a trusted operative, though their relationship is strained by mutual suspicion and differing agendas.

### [Marie Di Costa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/marie_di_costa)

_romantic_

Brent and Marie share a passionate but secret affair, complicated by her ties to Adao.

### [Mr. Coleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/mr_coleman)

_professional_

Brent and Mr. Coleman are colleagues in a shadowy organization, with mutual distrust.

### [Adao Costa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/adao_costa)

_professional_

Adao employs Brent as a trusted operative, though their relationship is strained by mutual suspicion and differing agendas.

### [Marie Di Costa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/marie_di_costa)

_romantic_

Brent and Marie share a passionate but secret affair, complicated by her ties to Adao.

### [Marie Di Costa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/marie_di_costa)

_romantic_

Brent and Marie share a passionate but secret affair, complicated by her ties to Adao.

### [Mr. Coleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/mr_coleman)

_professional_

Brent and Mr. Coleman are colleagues in a shadowy organization, with mutual distrust.

### [Adao Costa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/adao_costa)

_professional_

Adao employs Brent as a trusted operative, though their relationship is strained by mutual suspicion and differing agendas.

## In the story

### [An Artist’s Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/an-artist-s-life)

The famous painter, dying from radiation sickness, is obsessed with finding the secret behind an 'alien' painting.

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