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Study Guide
The Jockey/Bitsy in Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories
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The Jockey/Bitsy
As the jockey (as in "The Jockey") waits and watches the revelry in a hotel dining room during racing season, his hands go into fists, "the fingers curled inward like gray days" (Jockey.1). This guy is madder than a hornet. Quiet, drunken Bitsy is dealing with the injury of his best friend, and not handling it very well.
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- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Present Day
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 1
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 2
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 3
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 4
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 5
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Coda
- Wunderkind
- The Jockey
- Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland
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