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

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Warren is an architect, builder, painter, and carpenter, Lawton lives with his wife and four well-behaved children in Big Sur, CA. He loathes his profession because it caters to clients' unaesthetic whims. He builds a house that he likes, lives there a while, and then sells it to someone who likes it. When one of his children requires expensive medical care, he accepts regular commissions. He is generous towards Henry Miller and never even considers working as a carpenter to improve his standard of living. He wanders the coast looking for a half-acre. Finding it, gratis, he clears and plants it and builds a cabin, but is turned out by his neighbors as not belonging. The man who gives him the land turns out not to own it.