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My Father Is A Practicing Criminal Law Attorney In The Seattle Area.

I Was Aware That There Is An Expectation That Writers Inevitably Falter At This Stage, That They Fail To Live Up To The Promise Of Their First Successful Book, That The Next Book Never Pleases The Way The Prior One Did. It Simply Increased My Sense Of Being Challenged.

Don Quixote Is One That Comes To Mind In Comparison To Mine, In That They Both Involve Journeys Undertaken By Older Men. That Is Unusual, Because Generally The Hero Of A Journey Story Is Very Young.

Fiction Is Socially Meaningful.

The Strange Thing Was, He Wanted To Like Everyone. He Just Couldn't Find A Way To Do It.