The Charlie Doig Stories

“At last, the right kind of hero: virile, ruthless and adventurous.”
(Independent)

Introduction

Ever since I read Bellow’s Henderson the Rain King many years ago, I’ve yearned to shape out a comparable figure: the sort of man who commands a book from the first word to the last. Doig is that figure. I still don’t know if I like him. He’s rampant, rancorous, vulgar, loud, amusing and tough – and so well suited to survive the Russian Revolution. On the other hand he loves form and elegance (he’s a naturalist by profession) and cries easily. Charlie is a man who grips life, a big man in stature and spirit. He needs to be.

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