Ned Hall

Ned Hall is the main character in The Risk Pool. The story is told in the first person from Ned's point of view. Ned is thirty-five years old when he tells this story of his coming of age in Mohawk.

Ned is a thin, smallish boy who grows into a handsome man. He is told that he looks a lot like his father. Throughout his childhood, he finds himself in the middle of wars between his mother and father. Ned spends the first few years of his life with his mother. When she has a nervous breakdown, Ned spends two years with his father. Ned lives with his mother again for his high school years and then goes to Tucson, Arizona for college.

Eventually, Ned settles in New York City in the publishing business. Ned is loyal to both of his parents, but he is probably more...