"A Thrilling Life" is written in the panoramic method, and it is narrated from a first-person limited point of view as a stream of consciousness. Although a temporal chronology can be constructed from the narrative, the series of events is not presented in order.
Frank Manager likes to flirt with nearly every attractive woman he meets. He particularly likes to flirt when he is with his girlfriend. Frank has engaged in numerous previous ephemeral relationships.
The unnamed narrator had broken up with a previous boyfriend and had met Frank. The narrator had recognized Frank for what he is and decides to spend time with him. Frank successfully pursues the narrator, and they develop a type of non-serious relationship based around mutually pleasurable activities without any commitment past the moment. On occasion, the narrator seeks.....
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