They say it is not so much a matter of how well the bear dances, but that the bear actually dances at all is a wonder. So thus we are swept up in the musings of a self-aware, genius even, straw man as he tells of his strange situation and as best he can, what it is like to be him.
Told in the first person, it grabs you up and sweeps you along wondering whatever revelation will be next. By exploring the human condition from outside, yet able to think as men do, this straw man illuminates corners that often lie unconsidered. As you read on, though, you discover that you know him. Or at least, thought that you did. As the tale unfolds it brings a whole new slant to things you thought were familiar.
Role-players in games that investigate the strange and unexplained may find him somewhere - he does not shy away from communicating with flesh and bones men, so may well pause to talk with such explorers of the unusual and the bizarre.
An enjoyable read.
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