Spectator Bird
Literary agent Joe Allston, the central character of Stegner''s novel All the Little Live Things, is now retired and, in his own words, ''just killing time until time gets around to killing me.'' His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through li...
Literary agent Joe Allston, the central character of Stegner''s novel All the Little Live Things, is now retired and, in his own words, ''just killing time until time gets around to killing me.'' His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through li...
