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Esther Fenchel
Nails Nagel is the heavyweight amateur boxer whom Dingbat Einhorn promotes for a short time in the 1920s. The son of a woman who is well-known for working at a local poultry shop, Nails works in an auto-wrecking yard. Unfortunately for Dingbat, he’s a disappointment in the ring because he lacks natural talent and is more interested in the idea of being a boxer than in actually building skills. Dingbat’s attempts to promote him end in disaster.
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Nails Nagel Character Timeline in The Adventures of Augie March
The timeline below shows where the character Nails Nagel appears in The Adventures of Augie March. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 6
...does succeed in representing a successful boxer. The closest he comes is a heavyweight named Nails Nagel. Unfortunately, the highlight of the pair’s relationship is when a poolroom patron invites Dingbat...
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Dingbat, Nails, and Augie set out on a brilliant, bright-blue summer morning to take the ferry across...
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