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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
It makes you wonder whether Brian stuck around after the end of the book, or if the events shocked him into leaving Irene and doing what he had wanted to do for so long. In which case, whether Irene had brought about Clare's death or not, it would all have been for nothing.
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As a minor side point, the only grounds for divorce in New York at that time (and for a long time after) were adultery. Brian wouldn't have been able to divorce Irene in New York. There were options with her cooperation (the famous train to Reno, see George Cukor's wonderful film
The Women), but without, he'd have had to abandon her, which would have meant leaving the boys also.
And did Brian really want to go to Brazil, or was it just a handy grievance, since he knew Irene would never agree?