Stanley and the Women
by Kingsley Amisliterary work· published 1984
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Stanley and the Women (ISBN 978-0-06097-145-8) is a 1984 novel by British author Kingsley Amis. Stanley Duke works in advertising, and had been married to an actress, Nowell. He is now married to Susan, with whom he has a complicated relationship, seemingly because of her mother, Lady Daly. His son, Steve, suffers a mental breakdown, and Stanley takes him to two psychiatrists. The first, Dr. Collings, is female and too liberated for Stanley; and the second, Dr. Nash, seems to be more interested in drinking than helping his son. A doctor's suggestion that all women are mad becomes an increasing obsession with Stanley (in parallel with Steve's increasing insanity) culminating in outbursts of offensive misogynistic bigotry.
Adaptations (1)
Stanley and the Women was adapted into a 1991 miniseries.
Stanley and the Women1991 · miniseries · 202 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.4Stanley Duke's life is thrown into chaos when his son is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and his home becomes a battleground for his past and present wives and other women.
