Holds the reader at arms length from the characters; felt a bit like eavesdropping, or like watching the story unfold in a snow globe. An unusual style that somehow worked. 
 Favorite Quotes 
 ...she doesn't want to become the kind of person who thinks that good news can only come from calls one was already expecting and callers one already knows. 
 He feels naked when speaking about things he really loves. 
 The most annoying thing about it is that once a person gives a shit about one thing, he finds he has to start giving a shit about everything. 
 A good marriage is, at least, one part conspiracy. 
 If something is good and universally acknowledged to be so, this is not reason enough to dislike it. 
 There ain't nobody in the world like book people.