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Lloyd is Felix’s father. He used to live in Garvey House, a notoriously poor squat that a white photographer once visited and took pictures of for a book. Lloyd is notorious for having lots of failed relationships with women and his most recent relationship ended with a woman stealing many of his personal belongings.
Lloyd Quotes in NW
The NW quotes below are all either spoken by Lloyd or refer to Lloyd. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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On a tatty sofa a Rastafarian gentleman sat holding a picture of his adult son.
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Lloyd Character Timeline in NW
The timeline below shows where the character Lloyd appears in NW. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Guest: NW6
Felix arrives at a building with no doorbell where his father, Lloyd, lives. Felix asks about Sylvia, who owes him 40 pounds, but Lloyd says she left...
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Felix has brough a book with photo in it of Garvey House, where he and Lloyd once lived. The book describes Garvey House as “a mix of squat, halfway house and...
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Page 37 of the book shows Lloyd himself, reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Lloyd is eager to show Felix Brother Raymond,...
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Felix says he has to go. Lloyd tries to convince him to stay. He points out a woman that he claims is...
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As he’s leaving, Felix runs into Phil “Barnesy” Barnes, who lives next door to Lloyd and knew Felix when Felix was a kid. Barnesy isn’t on speaking terms with Lloyd,...
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Guest: (W1)
...little below the minimum he wanted. Later, Felix imagines telling people in his life, like Lloyd or Grace, about the car, but he can’t imagine any of them being interested. As...
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