Phileas Fogg is the most interesting thing about AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
Ever since I started reading adventure novels again, I've been thinking about what makes for a good action hero. I think it's fashionable to pretend that adventure novels contain the same interpersonal complexities and ambiguities as less plot-oriented novels, but that has not been true to my reading experience. Something happens to a book's characters …
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