![]() ![]() The protagonist, Griff, spends much of the book trying to preserve thing (his friendships, his family, his job), while his antagonist, Dante, is all about provoking reactions as he navigates the world. It’s that damn good.īut the delight, when reflecting upon Hot Head in light of Suede’s theories, was seeing the way he’d inverted the dynamic of Pride and Prejudice in order to drive the story. ![]() ![]() It’s an incredibly robust book, both in the language and the plotting, and I devoured it in the space of the day.Īdmittedly, a day where I stayed up until 2:00 AM just to finish the book and find out what happens, but that’s still a day. I picked up his first novel, Hot Head, about a pair of firefighters who develop feelings for one another and try to hide it for the sake of their friendship. Naturally, after reading his non-fiction books on writing, I got curious about his fiction work and how he deployed his advice there. ![]()
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