| “ | He and my uncle Les were copresidents of Smart Aid, and they were always doing this—pulling people into corners for conspiratorial chats, as if plotting a mob hit rather than complimenting the hostess on her guacamole. | ” |
Uncle Les is a male normal and the brother of Bobby and Maryann Portman, and uncle of Jacob Portman and one of the owners of the family convenience store chain Smart Aid.
Biography[]
Hollow City[]
Jacob dreams of his own funeral, at which his three uncles Bobby, Les, and Jack are attendees. The uncles peer down at Jacob's grave and discuss him briefly before Bobby suggests they go to a buffet, and they shuffle off.
Library of Souls[]
Les, along with Jacob's parents and Uncle Bobby, was about to accompany Jacob to the mental asylum when Miss Peregrine and the peculiar children arrive to rescue Jacob, preventing the car from leaving the driveway. The shock of the peculiars caused the two uncles to pass out.
A Map of Days[]
Les and Bobby, along with Jacob's parents, are in the car ready to drive Jacob to the mental asylum when they are blocked by Miss Peregrine and the peculiar children. Both uncles pass out. Later, after waking up, they are again knocked out by Bronwyn Bruntley, who uses Mother Dust's dust to put them to sleep.
They wake up a day later angry, confused and belligerent. Jacob starts apologizing to them, but they barge past him into the house and are met by Miss Peregrine, who memory wipes them. In their hypnotized state, Jacob gives them an explanation for everything, which Les easily accepts while filling his pockets with scrambled eggs from breakfast. The two uncles are then sent home.
Description[]
He is depicted, along with Bobby and Jack, with 'a fat neck that bulges from a starched white collar.