The Paper Men (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Golding
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The early 1980’s
- Setting: England, Switzerland, and Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Religion, 1980’s, Novelists, England or English people, Adultery, Ethics, Work or workers, Italy or Italians, Biography, Comedy, Switzerland or Swiss people
- Locales: England, Italy, Switzerland
Characters Discussed
Wilfred (Wilf) Townsend Barclay, a successful English novelist. Turning sixty, with a scraggly yellow- white beard and thatch of hair and a broken-toothed grin, Wilf is struggling with his addictions to alcohol and women. The latter leads to his divorce and departure from his house in Wiltshire to become a wanderer around the globe. After the early death of his parents—he never knew his father—he had become a bank clerk. His inaccuracies were tolerated only because of his prowess as a wing threequarter on the local rugby team, but eventually he was...
[The entire page is 626 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
See Also
Related Topics
