Harry Tayler is Doris Lessing's younger brother. They spent a lot of time together growing up, especially in Southern Rhodesia. They are not described as loving siblings, but they were companionable. Harry was a good student and popular among his friends. At the beginning of the Second World War, he joined the Navy and later survived the sinking of the ship on which he was stationed. He returned to Southern Rhodesia after the war, and he later married.
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