Barefoot in the Head (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Brian W. Aldiss
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: The near future
- Setting: Europe
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: Freedom, Europe or Europeans, Revolutions, Future, Dreams, War, Death or dying, Fantasy, Drugs, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Hallucinations or illusions, Environment or environmental health, Christ figures or saviors, End of the world, Western Europe or western Europeans, Horror, Chemical warfare
- Locales: Europe
Characters Discussed
Colin Charteris, the main character, a Serbian. After the psychedelic wars, he does resettlement work for the Italian government. Seeking stability, he drives north to Metz, where he has a vision of the multiple paths of human life. His visionary powers lead him to England, where he becomes a popular messiah figure. Later, he preaches his brand of multilogic through England and then arrives in Ostend. On the way to Brussels, he switches cars with Banjo Burton, who crashes into a truck. Because Charteris survives, people think that he has risen from the...
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