Uncle Tucker is a middle-aged man who lives in the boys’ neighborhood. Because of his drinking problem, he is often the only one awake late at night, so he ends up witnessing several intriguing episodes involving the Lisbon sisters that the boys miss—episodes that he tells the boys about when they interview him later in life.
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Uncle Tucker Character Timeline in The Virgin Suicides
The timeline below shows where the character Uncle Tucker appears in The Virgin Suicides. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
Lux doesn’t come back until late that night, rolling up in a taxi. Uncle Tucker —a neighborhood fixture with a drinking problem who stays up every night getting drunk—sees her...
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Chapter 5
...day. It isn’t until midnight that they leave the house for the last time. Only Uncle Tucker sees them drive away.
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