Afternoon_Men

Afternoon Men Afternoon Men by Anthony Powell Anthony Powells’ Afternoon Men interested me in many ways. It was very different from the rest of the novels I have read. The novel begins with the two main characters, Atwater and Pringle, having a drink. William Atwater works at a museum and Pringle works as a painter. They are both very unhappy with their lives and drinking and partying is a way to temporarily cover their problems. Throughout this book they both describe what their lives are like and what they would like to change about it. Atwater is characterized as a womanizer and has a few meaningless "relationships" with various women. Pringle on the other hand is so disgusted with his life he is on the verge of suicide. While reading this book, I have discovered that every character that has been introduced has their fair share of problems and is only concerned with themselves. They party, drink, and have sex all throughout the book and then complain about how they are not afternoon, men, atwater, pringle, very, love, way, susan, life, out, lives, both, book, around, women, unhappy, throughout, one, anything, about, works, upset, trying, think, themselves, suicide, states, sorry, rest, replied, reason, problems, novel, nobody, meets, lola