Doctor Criminale

Main Characters and Their Development

• Francis Jay, a young, ironic journalist whose inner uncertainty and thirst for truth set him on a journey through the labyrinths of European intellectual life; his worldview gradually changes under the influence of encounters with eccentric and brilliant minds, and his own identity takes on new contours as he confronts illusions and reality. Doctor Criminale, a mysterious thinker and charismatic intellectual, whose persona is shrouded in myth and rumor; his image constantly slips away, transforming from idol to man, whose weaknesses and contradictions are revealed as the story unfolds. Around them is a colorful gallery of secondary characters: scholars, journalists, politicians, each contributing their own note to the complex symphony of ideas, passions, and delusions, their inner transformations reflecting the fluidity and diversity of modern European culture.