For Primo Thomas, the hero of Chuck Wachtel's second novel, it's nearly impossible.

Joseph Andrews] the naive hero of Fielding's novel of the same name (1742).

Although the hero of Hesse's novel has the same name and follows a somewhat parallel course, he is a fictional character.

I listened to a man slapping mosquitoes, and wished that I were the hero of Hemingway's novel.

Everything's falling apart for Phillip, the hero of David Flusfeder's darkly comic fourth novel.

Jennie Fields's block in Park Slope is the hero of her new novel.

The hero of Tim O'Brien's suffocating new novel is not only a boor, he's also a big bore.

By Kundera's logic, the hero of Tony Eprile's impressive first novel has no choice but to struggle.

Lewis Percy, the hero of Ms. Brookner's latest novel, is no exception.