How does feast of love end

No, wait, that's the sound of caterpillars munching; the ground is squishy with their dead bodies. A sleepless character named Charles Baxter -- a writer who, like his creator, lives in Ann Arbor, Mich. Here on a bench under a street light he encounters a fellow who ''looks like an exceptionally handsome toad,'' accompanied by a dog. This neighbor, the overly friendly Bradley whose dog is also named Bradley , suggests that Baxter write about him and call the book ''The Feast of Love.

Normally, I'd be put off by this sort of self-consciousness, but here it ratchets up a sense of the odd shadowy night world in much the same way that a dream pun resonates far deeper than your average play on words. What's more, every magical promise implicit in this night is kept: ''The Feast of Love'' is as precise, as empathetic, as luminous as any of Baxter's past work. It is also rich, juicy, laugh-out-loud funny and completely engrossing. Baxter has always been good at delineating characters who are essentially standing still.

What movement there was in his first two novels was highly unconventional. By the end, you felt you knew these two characters through and through; you'd probably recognize them on the street. In ''Shadow Play,'' Baxter's second novel, the main direction seemed to be down into the depths, best epitomized by two different but powerfully drawn scenes in which people witnessed drownings.

The characters left on the surface then tried their own more metaphorical dives, basically into themselves, searching for truth or justice. In ''The Feast of Love,'' Baxter's X-ray vision remains intact, but a lot more happens between and to his characters. You see how they get from point A to point B. You see clear repercussions. His mom's gone, and his father, Bat Fred Ward , is an alcoholic. He still lives at home. When Chloe Alexa Davalos enters the coffee shop looking for a job, he convinces Bradley to hire her.

Well, actually, Harry seals the deal because he explains that if Bradley doesn't hire Chloe, he'll lose Oscar and never be able to leave to go and get the dog for Kathryn he's convinced she'll love even though she hates dogs. Oscar falls in love immediately with Chloe, and the two begin to hang out, date, have relations, and get into trouble with both Bat and Chloe's roommate. They decide to get their own place. Oscar is a former drug addict, Chloe spots this immediately in him.

He got clean 7. He went to his first meeting the next day. Oscar speaks of his perfect future which will be a huge house with a foyer and plenty of money to pay all their bills. Oscar marries Chloe because she asks him to, and he loves her like no other. Unfortunately, he dies suddenly during a touch football game in the park with David and Bradley and others. Everyone is there. When he catches the ball, he falls flat on his face having just scored a touch down. No one really notices, until he never gets up.

Margaret is present and rushes over immediately. She begins CPR and gets a pulse. They move him into the back of Bradley's station wagon and she alerts the hospital. Unfortunately, it is homecoming weekend, and they get trapped in traffic.

He dies in the car before their eyes. Chloe Alexa Davalos : Chloe tells Oscar her perfect future would be her waiting at the top of the stairs for him to get home and having him run to hug all their many children. Chloe convinces Oscar to make a porn tape with her to make them some money so they can make their perfect futures come to life. Clearly this isn't their future. She suspects that something is wrong in her life with Oscar, but she doesn't know what. A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon.

Read all A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. Harry Stevenson : There is a story about the greek gods. They were bored, so they invented human beings, but they were still bored, so they invented love. Then they weren't bored any longer, so they decided to try love for themselves.

And finally they invented laughter, so they could stand it. Sign In. Play trailer Drama Romance. Director Robert Benton. Top credits Director Robert Benton. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer The Feast of Love. Photos Top cast Edit. Morgan Freeman Harry as Harry. Radha Mitchell Diana as Diana. Alexa Davalos Chloe as Chloe. Billy Burke David as David. Edit Feast of Love Jump to: Summaries 4 Synopsis 1.

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