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Title: Strangely satisfying
Review: None of the characters in this book are likeable, simply because we have access to their interior lives. None try to do good things or create good art with out ulterior/interior motives. I found this premise quite refreshing, and very realistic. The concept of a pure heart doesn't even extend to the children characters. The whole novel is a constant exercise of looking under rocks for one another's nasty, sliminess. The absurd argument of the NBA committee debating whether Pendleton's book should be disqualified as fiction if it was based on "real" events is a particularly piercing jab at the holy sanctity of art awards. Even though the initial mystery isn't definitively answered, the ending was still, very satisfying.
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