John Wade Summary
20th September 2017
Tim O’ Brien
Dear Mr. Tim O’Brien,
John Heram Wade
The protagonist of the novel, John Wade is a politician whose career comes to an abrupt halt after it’s revealed that he was involved in the infamous My Lai massacre of 1968 during his time.
Kathy
The wife of John Wade, whose mysterious disappearance while she and her husband are at Lake of the Woods is the subject of the novel. Kathy first meets John while they’re both college students.
Narrator
In the Lake of the Woods is narrated by an unnamed Vietnam veteran, whose reasons for researching John Wade’s life and compiling the research into a book are left largely unexplained.
Tony
John Wade’s campaign manager. A fat, unattractive man, Tony seems utterly amoral throughout
Tim O’ Brien
Dear Mr. Tim O’Brien,
John Heram Wade
The protagonist of the novel, John Wade is a politician whose career comes to an abrupt halt after it’s revealed that he was involved in the infamous My Lai massacre of 1968 during his time.
Kathy
The wife of John Wade, whose mysterious disappearance while she and her husband are at Lake of the Woods is the subject of the novel. Kathy first meets John while they’re both college students.
Narrator
In the Lake of the Woods is narrated by an unnamed Vietnam veteran, whose reasons for researching John Wade’s life and compiling the research into a book are left largely unexplained.
Tony
John Wade’s campaign manager. A fat, unattractive man, Tony seems utterly amoral throughout