The narrator of is harry collins, an old man obsessively reflecting on certain key experiences of his childhood. In 1933, the year that forms the centerpiece of the narrative, harry is 11 years old and living with his mo...The narrator of is harry collins, an old man obsessively reflecting on certain key experiences of his childhood. In 1933, the year that forms the centerpiece of the narrative, harry is 11 years old and living with his mother, father, and younger sister on a farm outside of marvel creek, Texas, near the sabine river bottoms.