At an award banquet for necrophile Russell Gwinnett, we learn that Scorpio Murtlock has started a new cult based on the teachings of Dr. Trelawney.
One character performs in The Duchess of Malfi before marrying a music critic, which factors into another character's treatise, The Gothic Symbolism of Mortality in the Texture of Jacobean Stagecraft. At an award banquet for necrophile Russell Gwinnett, we learn that Scorpio Murtlock has started a new cult based on the teachings of Dr. Trelawney. The protagonist learns about sex from Peter Templer and has an affair with Peter's sister Jean before marrying Isobel Erridge.  Kenneth Widmerpool is one of two characters who appear in each volume, including Casanova's Chinese Restaurant and A Question of Upbringing, which are narrated by Nicholas Jenkins.  FTP, name this twelve-novel series by Anthony Powell whose title comes from a painting by Nicholas Poussin.
One character performs in The Duchess of Malfi before marrying a music critic, which factors into another character's treatise, The Gothic Symbolism of Mortality in the Texture of Jacobean Stagecraft.
A Dance to the Music of Time