# Mr. Booth — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Booth in Short Fiction by Ring Lardner.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Booth

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

## Who they are

Character in stories, often a manager or employer.

## In the story

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

The other bachelor at the dinner party, seated on Miss Coakley's left. He engages in brief, sarcastic remarks with Harry about the other guests.

### [Second-Act Curtain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/second-act-curtain)

A playwright struggling to write a second-act curtain; he retreats to his hotel room to think.

### [Enter the Heroine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/enter-the-heroine)

Struggles with a broken typewriter key and engages in witty banter with the chambermaid.

### [Inspiration from the Muse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/inspiration-from-the-muse)

Struggles to find inspiration, reads poetry, and considers visiting Chambers before deciding to call him.

### [It's Got to Be Funny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/it-s-got-to-be-funny)

Struggles to write a comedic song, feeling the pressure of the entertainment industry.

### [Wasted Sympathy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/wasted-sympathy)

The protagonist, a songwriter struggling to create a second-act curtain, feeling resentful and wasting sympathy on a woman he observes.

### [Detected!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/detected)

Wakes to find his bottle emptied and a telephone cord around his neck; reports the incident to the house detective.

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