Brotherhood 2.0: Unnamed Novel Par 2

2007-09-18 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · comedy performance

Hank reads the rest of the first chapter of his untitled novel: Danny's mother reveals that his father, a priest, left after a ten-year deal to return to the Bordertown mission and has been killed; Danny resolves to go there.

What is said

00:00:13 — Reading: Danny learns why his father left, that he was a priest from the border mission, and that he has been killed

• ★★ In the reading, Danny was nine when his father left; rumours blamed lapsed religious vows, his mother, and mistresses, which his mother never denied. (fiction) — 00:00:09
• ★★ Danny assumes the split was about religion, but his mother says his father did not leave her: they only had him for ten years, by a deal. (fiction) — 00:00:59
• ★★★ His mother reveals his father became a priest young and was sent to a mission on the border, where she met him; he left with her, but only for ten years. (fiction) — 00:01:35
• ★★ Thrilled that his father is a famous Buddhist in Bordertown, Danny plans to go see him and work at the mission during summers. (fiction) — 00:02:40
• ★★★ Sobbing, his mother says his father is dead, killed; the chapter ends with Danny declaring he is going to Bordertown. (fiction) — 00:03:28

Threads in this video

• close · Hank: asks whether people want him to finish reading his novel's first chapter (2007) — Hank reads the rest of his novel's first chapter, which he had offered to finish. (00:00:09)

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