All of these questions, unsurprisingly, interest me. I can't think of a good answer to any of them, that's for sure. Another possible reason: to show that Christopher has at least the 'good quality' of being 'colourblind' in his friendships, even though he is in some ways pretty unlikeable when young?
I'm also intrigued by how this relates to the faux-Victorian/faux-Edwardian setting. Much as I consider her a very clever author in many respects, I don't think she's doing anything clever-in-a-praiseworthy way here about, you know, Empire, power, and so on. But I suspect that that context is inflecting the writing in some fashion, even if I can't unpick it offhand. Is Chrestomanci, as a role, something like being a colonial official, perhaps? Governing the virtual 'province' of magic.
(Not very relatedly: I think I'd read Oneir as non-white until you drew my attention more keenly to the near-total dominance of white characters - but that seems to be me reading him rather than DWJ writing him.)
What do you think of Nirupam? It's ages and ages since I read WW. (Obviously don't answer this if you're out of race-and-lit-crit spoons.)
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I'm also intrigued by how this relates to the faux-Victorian/faux-Edwardian setting. Much as I consider her a very clever author in many respects, I don't think she's doing anything clever-in-a-praiseworthy way here about, you know, Empire, power, and so on. But I suspect that that context is inflecting the writing in some fashion, even if I can't unpick it offhand. Is Chrestomanci, as a role, something like being a colonial official, perhaps? Governing the virtual 'province' of magic.
(Not very relatedly: I think I'd read Oneir as non-white until you drew my attention more keenly to the near-total dominance of white characters - but that seems to be me reading him rather than DWJ writing him.)
What do you think of Nirupam? It's ages and ages since I read WW. (Obviously don't answer this if you're out of race-and-lit-crit spoons.)