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Table of Contents Introduction...................................................................................................................1 Author Biography.........................................................................................................2 Plot Summary................................................................................................................3 Chapter 2.......................................................................................................................5 Chapter 3.......................................................................................................................6 Chapter 5.......................................................................................................................8 Chapters 7, 11, 13 and 17.............................................................................................9 Chapter 19...................................................................................................................12 Chapters 23, 29, 31 and 37.........................................................................................13 Chapters 41 and 43.....................................................................................................15 Chapter 47...................................................................................................................17 Chapter 53...................................................................................................................19 Chapters 59 and 61.....................................................................................................20 Chapter 67...................................................................................................................22 i Table of Contents Chapter 71...................................................................................................................25 Chapter 73...................................................................................................................27 Chapter 79...................................................................................................................28 Chapter 83...................................................................................................................29 Chapter 89...................................................................................................................30 Chapter 97...................................................................................................................32 Chapter 101.................................................................................................................34 Chapter 103.................................................................................................................35 Chapter 107.................................................................................................................36 Chapter 109.................................................................................................................38 Chapter 113.................................................................................................................39 Chapter 127.................................................................................................................40 Chapter 131.................................................................................................................42 Chapter 137.................................................................................................................43 ii Table of Contents Chapter 139.................................................................................................................44 Chapter 149.................................................................................................................45 Chapter 151.................................................................................................................47 Chapter 157.................................................................................................................48 Chapter 163.................................................................................................................51 Chapter 167.................................................................................................................53 Chapter 173.................................................................................................................55 Chapter 179.................................................................................................................56 Chapter 181.................................................................................................................58 Chapter 191.................................................................................................................59 Chapter 193.................................................................................................................60 Chapter 197.................................................................................................................61 Chapter 199.................................................................................................................63 Chapter 211.................................................................................................................64 iii Table of Contents Chapter 223.................................................................................................................66 Chapter 227.................................................................................................................67 Chapter 229.................................................................................................................70 Chapter 233.................................................................................................................71 Characters....................................................................................................................74 Christopher.........................................................................................................74 Father..................................................................................................................75 Mother.................................................................................................................76 Siobhan...............................................................................................................77 Objects/Places..............................................................................................................78 Themes.........................................................................................................................79 Spirituality and Darwinian Survival...................................................................79 Bureaucratic Suppression of Individualism........................................................80 Rage....................................................................................................................80 Contradiction......................................................................................................81 Truth...................................................................................................................82 Attention to Detail..............................................................................................82 The Order of Life................................................................................................83 Style..............................................................................................................................84