Vincent is the most significant, but there’s also Leon and Olivia and Ella Kaspersky, who has long suspected that Jonathan’s success in the stock market is too good to be legal. This suggests he will be center stage of the novel, and perhaps its focus will be youthful angst.īut while Paul has his turn in the limelight, he is followed by several others. This is not easy to see at first because the brief and mysterious introduction to Vincent is quickly eclipsed by the account of Paul’s life in Toronto. The stories of these and other characters are loosely interconnected. Guys who work for him obviously, but also clients like Leon, a shipping executive he recruited in the hotel where Vincent worked, and his old friend Olivia, who at 75 is left without an income. He’s built his business on a criminal plan and eventually the whole structure tumbles. She doesn’t love Jonathan, who is 34 years older than she is, but she is the perfect partner, which he appreciates as much as she enjoys the lifestyle he provides - until he doesn’t.
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