![]() She finds herself asking two questions: how will Tony survive his trip's terrible events, and what sort of a man has Edward become? And because Edward is ``real'' and Tony is fictional, only her speculations about Tony will be answered to her satisfaction. ![]() As Susan becomes involved in Tony's journey, she relives her past life with Edward and reviews her present one with her current husband, Arnold-both men she could never ``read'' the way she reads Tony. The main character in the novel is Tony Hastings, who, in a late-night drive with his family from Ohio en route to Maine takes a detour down a dark road into death, confused grief and vengeance. Susan Morrow is surprised to hear from her former husband Edward, who has written a novel entitled Nocturnal Animals, which he asks her to read. In this intriguing accomplished novel, the author of Camden's Eyes and several works of literary criticism combines a stark take on a film noir theme with a postmodern meditation on the act of reading. ![]()
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