Who is Tom Harris from The Best American Short Stories of the Century and what is their importance? The_Best_American_Short_Stories_of_the_Century English & Literature Tom Harris | The Best American Short Stories of the Century

Tom Harris appears in the story, The Hitch-Hikers, in which he is the man that picks up two hitch-hikers. When they stop in a town, Tom gets out to talk to someone. While he is out of the car, one of the hitch-hikers hits the other over the head with a bottle, covering much of Tom's car in blood.