The novel purports to be a memoir or “divagation” by its narrator, Jeremy, who is an orphan drawn to and fascinated by the families, and particularly the parents, of other people. A preface provides the reader with Jeremy's background. In several ways, the principal couple in the novel are the parents of Jeremy's wife Jenny -- June and Bernard Tremaine, who met as communist sympathisers but whose experiences and temperaments have taken them in diametrically opposed directions. June i…
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Citation: Childs, Peter. "Black Dogs". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 January 2001 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=6334, accessed 23 November 2024.]
