Every book probably has a philosophical core, if you look hard enough. The act of writing itself, even a review, even one done without the benefit of the gift for crafting a plot (as mine are), is probably rooted in some sort of understanding of the way the world works. It’s all an expression of philosophy, a point of view, one means of making sense of some of the chaos. In some cases, that’s the draw of the novel itself – the desire to sink […]