Charles Ryder becomes close college friend of Sebastian Flyte - then develops relationships with Sebastian's family (wealthy English Catholics with their core estate named "Brideshead", where Ryder often visits). The book starts with Ryder - in the British army in preparation for WWII - unexpectedly ending up at Brideshead, which had been taken for army use - this about 10 years after his last visit. (The book also ends with him there.)
Not sure what to make of the "Catholic" angle here - clearly very important for the author, who had converted to Catholicism (interesting that he wasn't the only English author with this facet). But it's hard to say that Catholicism was very uplifting as experienced or applied by the characters here - hmm.
Sebastian's sisters: Julia and Cordelia. His mother - who seemed to be hard to deal with. His father - in Italy until end of the story. His brother - an odd character. Anthony Blanche. Julia's husband - Rex. Ryder's wife Celia - his career as an architectural artist.
I did like it well enough;kept pulling me along.
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