The Heart's Invisible Furies
Characters in The Heart's Invisible Furies
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Cyril Avery
A gay man in Ireland whose life is narrated across several decades, from a troubled childhood to adulthood.
Supporting characters
Charles Avery
Cyril's wealthy adoptive father, a banker with vices including gambling and drink, who insists Cyril refer to him only as his "adoptive father."
Maude Avery
Cyril's adoptive mother, a reclusive, chain-smoking novelist who is quietly esteemed by critics while disdaining popular success.
Catherine Goggin
The teenage girl publicly shamed and cast out of her rural Irish village in 1945 for an unmarried pregnancy; Cyril's birth mother.
Julian Woodbead
The son of the family's solicitor, and Cyril's lifelong best friend from boyhood, whose confidence and charm captivate Cyril from their first meeting.
Ignac
A Slovenian teenager whom Cyril and his partner Bastiaan rescue and later adopt as their son.