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Michael Garrod

A spectacled, pear-faced visitor in grey flannel who lectures Michael on science, health, and the coming doom of public schools, embodying everything the boy finds unendurably modern.

supporting

Also known as Garrod, Micky Sullivan

First appearance: i the jacobean

As a supporting figure in Sinister Street, Michael Garrod is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Appears in white flannels on the platform, walks with Michael, discusses Mrs.
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Garrod corners Michael at the Abbey with intimate questions about his physical well-being and invitations to Hornsey, pressing polytechnical knowledge and little books on a boy who only wants the books he finds himself.

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BABrother AloysiusRORodberHMHenry MeatsNONortonSMSmithersMGMichael Garrod

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Extended Family and Diverse Acquaintances
  • School and Family Circle
  • Oxford Contemporaries and Eccentrics
  • Oxford Social and Lodging Circle

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SetupEscalationClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

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