It Happened in Boston?

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It Happened in Boston? (1968) is a novel by Russell H. Greenan. It tells the story of an unreliable narrator, who is a disillusioned painter. He decides to find God and hold God accountable for the evils in the world.

The narrator, who is unnamed, comes to enjoy takes "reveries" in a public garden in which he transports himself to historical places and events. Although he has no name, he tells a young boy named Randolph several different names over the course of the book.

The storyline is interspersed with reveries, accounts of paranoia, and past memories of his art education and friends.