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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the main setting for the novel. The novel is set in the 1950s, and the descriptions of the city seem appropriate for that time setting. There are several specific settings in the city that are important to the story, but there are also many incidental settings, including the state capitol building and adjacent historical museum. Most are described in detail. There are also some important settings that are not easily identified. For example, Frank and Emmett drive around the edges of the city in search of the leopard, and Emmett shoots the dog in an area that is not easily identified. Grady, Danny, and Bethie find the leopard in an area somewhere between the amusement park and the Brennan home.
The Brennan Home
The family lives on a property Grady compares to a “compound.” The main house, where Big Dan and Babi...
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