# Harry Cross — Short Fiction character guide

> Harry Cross in Short Fiction by Ring Lardner.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Clubby Roadster Young Harry Cross, Harry, Cross, Harry the rye, Henry

**First appearance:** 0000-my-roomy

## Who they are

Character in stories, often a young man.

## In the story

### [Gas, Oil and Air](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/gas-oil-and-air)

Narrator Charley, who buys a car to win Alice's love and faces mechanical troubles.

### [The Clubby Roadster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-clubby-roadster)

The enthusiastic but inept owner of a new Clubby Roadster, whose plans for a pleasant trip are thwarted by his driving and his wife's anxiety.

### [Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/dinner)

A thirty-three-year-old bachelor who reluctantly attends a dinner party. He is a bridge enthusiast who finds the conversation of the other guests tedious and absurd.

### [Ex Parte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ex-parte)

Met on the street and offered the narrator three bottles of rye whiskey.

## Links

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