Fay Weldon - Death of a She Devil

[pearlkent]

Has anyone read it? I loved Fay Weldon when I was a teenager (16-ish) in the late-seventies, and read all the early books. She really influenced my feminist views. I remember watching the TV adaptation of She Devil in the mid-1980s. Weirdly it was repeated a couple of years ago and it was fascinating to re-watch it.

Anyway, apparently last year she wrote a sequel called Death of a She Devil, and it features a transgender character. I'm about to order a copy as I'm intrigued to see how she tackles it. Has anyone read it, or heard her speak about gender identity issues?

How interesting.
She is usually a lot less feminist in interviews than you would think from her books.

In Fay Weldon's 1983 classic, The Life and Loves of a She Devil, women fought men for power and won. In 2017, men take the ultimate step to get their power back...
Ruth Patchett, the original She Devil, is now eighty-four and keen to retire. But who can take up her mantle? Enter Ruth's grandson Tyler, a confident twenty-something: beautiful, resentful and unemployed. Tyler won't be satisfied until he can transition into the ultimate symbol of power and status. A woman.

Taken from Amazon's listing, this is the blurb. I'm a little surprised to read a quote saying she's very vocal about transgender issues - not an author I associate with the topic.