How many of you read the whole thing? I dropped after
" the kind often found in sinewy men of a certain age and outlook." It does not hold your interest.
I read it to completion. It certainly did hold my interest, though I don't claim to have any insight into yours.
The voice isn't unfamiliar to me (I read it with the diction of a good friend who has an Australian's Australian accent) and I found it compelling throughout.
