Borderline (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Janette Turner Hospital
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Surrealism
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Boston, Montreal, and places between
- Genres: Long fiction, Surrealist literature
- Subjects: Politics, 1980’s, New England, Immigration or emigration, Canada or Canadians, Mysteries, Adventure, Espionage or spies, Aliens, illegal, Refugees
- Locales: Boston, MA, Montreal, Canada
Characters Discussed
Felicity, an art historian and curator of a private gallery in Boston. Strikingly beautiful, with cornsilk hair and slightly uneven eyes, the thirty-three-year-old Felicity has been a magnet for danger and confusion all of her life. She longs for her dead father, avoids committed relationships, and collects newspaper clippings that confirm her suspicion that reality and unreality are never far apart. She is not easily surprised. When she and Gus stumble upon Dolores Marquez, a Salvadoran refugee, hidden in a carcass of beef, they instinctively help her get...
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