Who is Eddie Carney from Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch and what is their importance? Big_Sur_and_the_Oranges_of_Hieronymus_Bosch English & Literature Eddie Carney | Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

A boyhood friend of Henry Miller in Brooklyn, NY, Carney is three years older than he and is so idolized that Miller would do anything for him, including lying, stealing, or murdering. Long afterwards, Miller learns from Carney's older sister that he serves in World War I, is disabled by poison gas, and, recently dies. She sends photographs of Carney in uniform, looking resigned and forsaken, that make Miller wonder how "they" could have done this to a demigod. Carney shows the senselessness of war.