Dec 18, 2009

Tabloid Dreams | Characters

Butler's characters in this collection are drawn from a wide range of social and geographical origins. Each is, in some way, alienated or isolated from significant others in life.

The nameless English gentleman on the Titanic has long been a civil servant in India. He is well-schooled in the theological world view of the Anglican tradition and has learned something of the religious cultures of India as well. He is strongly shaped by the British upper-middle-class notions of good manners, and although he may not agree with his happenstance companion's views on women's...