Nick has an interesting first-person voice. Lankford carries
off a
delicate balancing act of making you like Nick even while
recognizing
how ego-driven he is, root for him, even as you recognize how
stupid he
is being, making things worse while trying to clear himself.
Of course,
it helps that there are many characters far more despicable
than Nick,
who mainly suffers from extreme selfishness.
Anyway, I highly recommend it.
Mark
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