The Black Prince Postscript by Francis Summary

  • Like Christian's, Francis's postscript to "The Black Prince" comments on an as-yet unpublished version of the memoir that P. Loxias has forwarded to him.
  • Unlike Christian, Francis offers a psychoanalytical interpretation of Bradley's actions and behaviors throughout the course of events that he describes, and Francis repeats his argument that Bradley is a repressed and closeted gay man whose love for Arnold Baffin was the motivation for his deeds and doings all along.
  • As Francis elaborates this theory, he also argues that P. Loxias doesn't really exist and is simply another of Bradley's narcissistic literary inventions.
  • Francis closes by remarking that Bradley was also in love with him, and he ends his postscript by assuring Bradley that he valued his feelings highly.
  • Last but not least, a short PPS advertises Francis's psychoanalytical consultation service, as well as his forthcoming book, Bradley Pearson, the Paranoiac from the Paper Shop.