The Radiant Way (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Margaret Drabble
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: 1980-1985
- Setting: London and the town of Northam in Northern England
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Folkloric or magical people, Politics, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, Friendship, 1980’s, England or English people, Lesbianism or lesbians, Adultery, Divorce, London, Psychoanalysis or psychoanalysts, Parties, Mass murderers or serial killers, Werewolves
- Locales: London, England, Northam, England
Characters Discussed
Liz Headleand, a native of Northam whose determination took her to Cambridge University and a prosperous career as a psychoanalyst on London’s Harley Street. Divorced from Edgar Lintot and remarried to Charles Headleand, she learns in the novel’s opening scene—a marvelous set piece of a New Year’s Eve party welcoming in the Thatcher 1980’s—that Charles is leaving her for the boring Lady Henrietta Latchett.
Alix Bowen, Liz’s friend from Cambridge, now married to Brian Bowen, a reliable literature teacher, also from Northam. Alix teaches...
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