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“Counterparts”

Portrait of a drunk, a man who copes with his spiritual paralysis by drinking on the job (which he has been doing poorly at), binge drinking with his friends, and then beating his helpless children when he goes home in deference to his general impotence. You can almost feel for Farrington at first but as the day goes on you can see the depth of the rut that he’s in.

I do not like this 🫢

“I had never spoken to her except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.”