Dream Children
 First edition cover | |
| Author | A. N. Wilson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Publication date | August 1998 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Hardback and paperback |
| Pages | 218 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-393-02740-6 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 39050887 |
| 823/.914 21 | |
| LC Class | PR6073.I439 D7 1998 |
Dream Children is a 1998 novel by A. N. Wilson.
Owing to his own early encounters, Oliver Gold, a distinguished philosopher, has decided he can only be happy with a child. Oliver, however, moves in with a widow in North London. He makes all the ladies around him fall in love with him, from the aging matriarch to a pair of lesbian lovers to a little girl named Bobs. Bobs is aged three when Oliver moves in and is aged ten by the end of the book.
Plot summary
[edit]Paedophilia is at the heart of the story. Oliver Gold's pure thoughts, and seemingly asexual life contrast with the reality of his desires and deeds. Oliver abuses Bobs over a long period.
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