Strike the Father Dead (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: John Wain
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: 1942-1959
- Setting: London, Paris, and an unnamed provincial university town in England
- Principal Characters: Alfred Coleman, Eleanor Coleman, Jeremy Coleman, Percy Brett, Tim
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: 1950’s, Maturation or coming of age, Freedom, Self-discovery, Parents and children, Music or musicians, 1940’s, Individuality, England or English people, Fathers, Jazz music, London, Ethics
- Locales: Paris, France, London, England
The Novel
Strike the Father Dead is the story of a son’s rebellion against the moral values and way of life represented by his father and his assertion of his right to determine his own destiny. It covers a period of approximately seventeen years, from the time that Jeremy Coleman, as a seventeen-year-old boy, runs away from home to live his own life. The novel is told principally from three different first-person points of view, those of the father, Alfred Coleman, his sister Eleanor, and the son.
The novel opens with Alfred reflecting on the humiliating...
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