![]() ![]() Catherine, the daughter, is fiery and independent, though suffering from bipolar disorder. Toby, the son, is a friend of Nick’s (as well as unsuspecting love object) from Oxford. Rachel, the mother, is a Jewish heiress, refined and reserved. Gerald, the father, is an MP, and madly “in love” with Thatcher. He is a permanent houseguest at the Fedden home, the seeming picture of familial perfection. ![]() Nick Guest is young, white, British, and gay in Margaret Thatcher’s England. It’s also one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read. It’s the novel that inspired my dissertation, so it holds a special place in my heart. I first read this book two years ago for my Twentieth-Century British Lit. ![]()
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