And rarely in his body of work has the line separating those genres seemed thinner than in what is often identified as his "Proletariat Trilogy," Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory ...

Ariel is Prospero’s servant - he helps him carry out tasks on the island, although Prospero promises to one day set him free. Ariel stops a plot to kill Prospero and is finally set free at the ...