Who is Robert from The Wall Jumper: A Novel and what is their importance? The_Wall_Jumper:_A_Novel English & Literature Robert | The Wall Jumper: A Novel

The Narrator's West German friend and the source of several tales of jumping the wall, Robert is a former East Berlin writer who, forbidden to publish in the DDR, moves to West Berlin. He has a persistent gaze and eyes that occasionally flash. He and the Narrator live near one another, often meet for breakfast or coffee, and frequently at Charlie's in the evening to play pinball. Robert regularly wins. He has a fixed daily routine. He shows no curiosity about what the Narrator might have been doing, but treats him as part of his close-knit family. "Show no surprise" (pg. 82) seems to be Robert's defense against worry.