The Redeeming Characteristics of Edwin Dodd

[ailbhe]

I have only managed to think of two.

Now, I freely admit that The Ready-Made Family disturbs me for good and personal reasons. Nonetheless, I find the character of Edwin Dodd almost entirely without redeeming social importance...

with the possible exception of these:

(1) He volunteers to help Nicky when her query directly relates to his personal area of expertise and interest.

(2) He shows up just in time to rescue his daughter from a paedophile, when she was only in danger in the first place because she was running away from him.

Other than this, he seems cold to the point of cruelty, has a ridiculously short temper, doesn't appear capable of apologising in a reasonable way, and seems to hate his children while wanting to own them as precious property.

However, I have not read Cricket Term.

Edit: the day before the wedding, Chas is thrilled to see him and climbs out a window and runs towards him. So there must be some positive in there somewhere, though I note neither girl is that excited...

Comments

[blonde222.livejournal.com]

He likes Dorothy L Sayers novels?

[rosathome.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was my first thought. And I've forgotten what film he quotes that also impresses Nicola. Though I'm not sure that these are precisely 'socially redeeming characteristics', just things that make him a bit more likeable.

[legionseagle.livejournal.com]

Danny Kaye's Secret Life of Walter Mitty. I'd say that the ability to appear to share interests with people is probably what got him his two wives in the first place.