A character in
Nathanael West's Novel,
The Day of the Locust.
Homer is a
sturdy man who
lives alone in an
Irish style house with
New England style
bedrooms in a
Spanish syle neighborhood in
Los Angeles.
Homer was formerly a
bookkeeper in the
Midwest -- specifically
Wayneville, near
Des Moines.
Homer is obsessed with his hands -- he often feels the need to stimulate them, while in the past he used fire and needles, by now he has settled on using cold water.