K: The Nice and the Good (1968)

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Willie Kost = Franz Steiner?

 

👴Octavian Gray, senior civil servant

👵Kate Gray, his wife (based on Philippa Foot??)

👧Barbara Gray, their 14yo daughter, flautist

🐈Montrose, her cocoa-colored tabby cat

Trescombe House

Mary Clothier, widow

👦Pierce Clothier, her 14yo son

Paula Biranne, divorced

👬Henrietta and Edward Biranne, 9yo twins

🤡Theo Gray, Octavian's older brother

🐩Mingo, grey poodle-like dog 🐏 sheeplike

🧙Willy Kost, classical scholar and concentration camp survivor

John Ducane, legal advisor to Octavian's dept

Jessica Bird, a young art teacher with whom he has had an affair

Platonic relationship with Octavian's wife Kate.

🔫suicide of Joseph Radeechy

Richard Biranne, ex-husband of Paula Biranne

Peter McGrath

George Droysen, formerly a journalist and now a young Principal in the department

 

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Picasso "Faun flautist"