# Guy Hazlewood — Sinister Street character guide

> Guy Hazlewood in Sinister Street by Compton Mackenzie.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Hazlewood, old Guy

**First appearance:** 0014-i-the-jacobean

## Snapshot

An Oxford friend whose warmly personal rooms and Balliol club evenings open Michael to possibilities beyond the sporting atmosphere of St. Mary's.

## Who they are

Hazlewood is the host whose rooms Michael finds the most personal he has seen at Oxford, a space that shadows forth a life of sensibility and friendship rather than mere athletics. His good-natured hospitality draws Michael into a Balliol set where the evening ends delightfully, free of self-consciousness. He represents the richer, more reflective Oxford that Michael is beginning to want for himself.

## Relationships

### [Michael Fane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/characters/michael_fane)

_friendship_

Guy is a fellow Oxford student and friend, sharing Michael's literary interests and social circle.

### [Michael Fane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/characters/michael_fane)

_friendship_

Guy is a fellow Oxford student and friend, sharing Michael's literary interests and social circle.

### [Michael Fane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/characters/michael_fane)

_friendship_

Guy is a fellow Oxford student and friend, sharing Michael's literary interests and social circle.

## In the story

### [VIII: The Oxford Looking-Glass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/chapters/viii-the-oxford-looking-glass)

Guy is mentioned as the author of an article in the magazine titled 'Socrates at Balliol', which Michael admires for its adventurous gaiety and childlike intolerance.

### [99 St. Giles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/chapters/xiv-99-st-giles)

Guy visits Michael for a week of walks and evenings, but their expected intimacy remains elusive, as Guy seems more remote in his communal ambitions.

### [XVII: The Last Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/chapters/xvii-the-last-day)

Mentioned as the friend Michael plans to visit at Wychford.

### [Seeds of Pomegranate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/chapters/viii-seeds-of-pomegranate)

Michael's friend, engaged to Pauline; he accompanies Michael to London to meet Lily.

### [IX: The Gate of Horn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sinister_street_se/chapters/ix-the-gate-of-horn)

Agrees to stay in London with Michael; dines with Mrs. Fane; accompanies Michael to Maurice's studio.

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