Caliban’s Filibuster (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul West
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Psychological romance
- Time of Work: An unspecified present covering a three-day span
- Setting: Over the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo
- Principal Characters: Cal, Sammy Zeuss, Murray McAndrew
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, Self-discovery, Acting or actors, Love or romance, Authors or writers, Literature, Fantasy, Work or workers, Filmmaking or filmmakers, Pacific Ocean, Tokyo
- Locales: Airspace, Tokyo, Japan
The Novel
To speak of plot in Caliban’s Filibuster is to suggest that it adheres to a series of fictional conventions which simply do not pertain. Of outward action there is very little (three men are flying in a jet from California to Japan, where they meet other actors and a Japanese producer); it is the tortured musings of Cal’s consciousness which provide the basis for most of the novel’s activities.
The novel opens with the protagonist, Cal, rehearsing in his mind a film in which he functions as both actor and audience as he travels over the Pacific. As...
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