M: A Fairly Honourable Defeat (1970)

IM was 51yo, married 14yrs

44 chapters in two parts

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 IM spent 1965-1969 rereading the plays of Shakespeare

 

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🧙Julius King, academic biochemist, jewish
👴Rupert Foster, his former colleague, a senior civil servant writing a book on living morally
👵Hilda Foster, Rupert's wife of 20 years
🕺Simon Foster, Rupert's gay 29yo brother
🙋🏽‍♂️Axel Nilsson, Rupert's colleague and Simon's partner, serious 42yo
👧Morgan Browne, Tallis' wife, Julius's rejected lover and Hilda's sister
🐹Tallis Browne, Morgan's estranged husband
👱Peter Foster, Rupert and Hilda's c20yo son
👺Leonard Browne, Tallis's father

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