Patrick Martin

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Patrick Martin is the conflicted protagonist of Georges Simenon’s novel "The Bottom of the Bottle," a lawyer torn between his respectable life and loyalty to his fugitive brother.

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsInWork The Bottom of the Bottle NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme family loyalty
moral dilemma
respectability versus criminality
centralConflictInvolves crossing the Mexican border
harboring a fugitive
contrastsWith his fugitive brother Donald
createdBy Georges Simenon NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYearOfWork 1949
genreOfWork crime novel
psychological novel
hasInternalConflict duty versus family loyalty
hasMoralConflictWith loyalty to his fugitive brother
hasRelationshipToLaw officer of the court
hasRole protagonist
hasSibling Donald NERFINISHED
hasSocialStatus middle-class professional
hasTrait conflicted
loyal
respectable
languageOfWork French
livesIn Arizona NERFINISHED
nationalityInStory American
occupation lawyer
protagonistOf The Bottom of the Bottle NERFINISHED
settingOfStory Arizona NERFINISHED
border region between the United States and Mexico
workOriginallyTitled Le Fond de la bouteille NERFINISHED

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The Bottom of the Bottle mainCharacter Patrick Martin