with a name like Toomer, you have to be doomed.
Ain't life a bummer?
Haha yeah, he was fully prepared to inevitably die of cancer, then goes and gets himself shot
What is ironic is how Pat Conroy came to give Toomer that name. He reveals it in his most recent book, "My Reading Life." It's pretty funny.
While watching the movie, I kept wondering why he was called "Tumor". Didn't realize it was "Toomer" until I looked it up on IMDB.