Larry Allcock

Larry Allcock is a fictional character created by the reclusive writer, Allan Lorimer. Allcock is the narrator of Lorimer's unfinished literary work, Superfluity. Allcock possesses a shifting basis in reality; there exists debate concerning both the extent to which Superfluity is autobiographical, and the extent to which Superfluity (but in particular the thoughts and feelings of Allcock) is in some vague-but-vital way more real than existence as shared by human-beings.
Ancestry
Superfluity begins with some genealogical details of Larry Allcock. We learn that his paternal Grandfather, Arthur Allcock, was a Church of England vicar with a parish near Birmingham, UK. In fact, the first chapter begins with a quote from a sermon delivered by Arthur, as remembered by Larry Allcock: '"'Yes Lord,' she said, 'but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.' Then Jesus answered, 'Woman, you have great faith!'" Grandad's face as he spoke was red and shook with passion. His voice was hoarse.' We also soon learn that Larry's maternal Grandfather, David Sands, developed a perennial, undiagnosed mental disorder whilst serving as a soldier in Northern France during World War Two. Larry remembers 'a silent, haunted man that spent the majority of his time sat on a white plastic chair in the small front garden, driven inside only by the ringing of the dinner bell, or the dark. Proof that a man's wits are as mortal as another's life.'

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