Mr. Pickwick Coat Hook

Object No. 73 of 100

[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Christopher Sorrentino, here.]

My parka (Coat, Cold Weather, Men's, Field, OG-107) hangs from a hook whose shape is in the likeness of Pickwick, of Dickens' classic and eponymous book. The hook is mounted on the back of my door. Above the olive-drab parka, I can see Pickwick gesturing expansively. This is kind of a funny coincidence because just earlier today I was standing outside the home of Stanfield Mooney, in my...