Donovan (Absent in the Spring)

In the novel Absent in the Spring, Donovan is the current husband of Blanche Haggard. He works as a railway engineer in Iraq. When Joan Scudamore met Blanche, she was travelling in the opposite direction towards Baghdad to join her husband. Joan had been in Baghdad for a while but had not met any Donovan. Blanche told her she would not have as he is outside other class. According to Blanche he drinks heavily but he had the heart of a child and loves her.