▁Secret ly , ▁she ▁has ▁a ▁ped oph il ic ▁relationship ▁with ▁Ben ▁during ▁his ▁ad oles c ence . ▁ ▁Jon ah ▁Bo yd : ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁celebrated ▁author ▁and ▁a ▁special ▁guest ▁at ▁the ▁Wright s ' ▁Thanks g iving ▁dinner ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁where ▁he ▁" los es " ▁his ▁not ebook s ▁with ▁his ▁almost ▁finished ▁novel . ▁Tow ards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁Jon ah ▁Bo yd , ▁being ▁a ▁former ▁drink er , ▁dies ▁in ▁a ▁car ▁accident . ▁The ▁" acc ident " ▁is ▁in ▁fact ▁suic ide . ▁Although ▁the ▁consp i racy ▁of ▁Ben ▁and ▁Anne ▁is ▁the ▁reason ▁for ▁Bo yd ' s ▁death , ▁neither ▁the ▁boy ▁nor ▁Anne ▁feel ▁guilty . ▁Ben ▁av ails ▁himself ▁of ▁the ▁opportunity ▁and ▁publish es ▁Bo yd ' s ▁novel ▁under ▁his ▁name . ▁Anne ▁cold ly ▁inform s ▁the ▁read ership ▁that ▁she ▁does ▁acknow ledge ▁her ▁crime , ▁however , ▁she ▁does ▁not ▁want ▁to ▁spend ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁her ▁life ▁doing ▁pen ance ▁for ▁it . ▁She ▁adds : ▁" What ▁good ▁could ▁come ▁of ▁that ? ▁Two ▁lives ▁ru ined , ▁instead ▁of ▁just ▁one ." ▁ ▁Disc uss ion ▁The ▁ambigu ous ▁title ▁sets ▁the ▁reader ▁on ▁a ▁wrong ▁track ▁until ▁it ▁is ▁fully ▁explained ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁story . ▁Jud ging ▁from ▁the ▁title ▁The ▁Body ▁of ▁Jon ah ▁Bo yd ▁the ▁reader ▁might ▁assume ▁that ▁this ▁novel ▁is ▁about ▁the