This is a story within a story. Struggling writer, David Slavitt is at a
crossroads in his life. His agent is
harassing him, his publisher is ignoring him and his day to day life is getting
in the way of writing – well that’s his excuse.
Meanwhile, his successful and beautiful wife is working longer and
longer hours while he copes with the childcare and the housework. As he begins to see a plot for his new novel he suspects his wife is having an affair with one of her Ph.D students and real life and fictional life appear to be merging. The novel is interspersed with sections from
the new crime novel David is writing with the effect that two stories unravel
side by side. For me, the structure
worked and I enjoyed the writing style.
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