Minor note: I have learned that a Quick-Quotes Quill -wielding website has misrepresented my overall take on The Hallmarked Man, claiming I characterized it as "a real stinker" and "the worst book ever." After over three decades as a PhD student, post-doc and tenured university professor, I have learned to be more amused that irritated when this sort of thing happens. Even the best readers get careless sometimes, so focused on inventing a straw-man antithesis to their own position that they gloss over helpfully highlighted summaries, such as that which appeared in the final post of my Real-Time Re-read.
I will admit, however, to being a bit perplexed as to why someone would believe me so foolish as to spend eight months writing over 70 lengthy blog posts about a novel which I found utterly without merit.
Ah, well. Uva uvam vivendo varia fit. On to Cupid and Psyche!