To the extent that this novel extends and expands upon ideas introduced in Exley's previous work, it will be especially helpful to have read both A Fan's Notes and Pages From a Cold Island prior to undertaking discussion of either.
And, if any reader has at any time fancied himself or herself a writer, he or she may enjoy exploring his or her personal experience with "the writing life" relative to Exley's expression of same in this novel. Exley's authorial elf-reflexivity will provide plenty of grist for conversation concerning what it is to write and to be a writer.
1. To what does Exley attribute his difficulty "concluding" Pages from a Cold Island? Does this instance of "writer's block" represent any larger malaise?
2. Describe the ways in which Edmund.....
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