Though this be madness yet there is method in it.
This quote from Shakespeare brings in focus the madness that follows in the novel fLy by M.Z.
As the name suggests the novel is seen from the perspective of a fly. The fly follows the lives of characters, Tristan and Hannah, Raymond and Fi. Their dysfunctional marriage in an urban set up is the standpoint of the entire story.
Tristan and Raymond are teachers. Tristan is married to Hannah and is childless. The society taints him by pointing at his impotence. Hannah on the other hand doesn’t want kids, is always on contraceptive pills (unbeknownst to her husband) and is anorexic. Raymond, on the other hand wants to be the patriarch of the family by making sure that he keeps his wife under control. He will be found talking about how infidelity isn’t macho but he has been “snogging” a colleague at school. This and much more add dimensions to the whole theme of infidelity.
If you look at it, it is just an everyday story but on a closer inspection you get to see the way author has handled the theme.
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