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Alternating between 1st and 2nd person. Writing for him and at him.

Interesting book. More of a journal. Mathews writes to himself, for himself, at himself, about himself, and maybe even through himself.

Reminds me of The Dangling Conversation's subtle dig at self-absorbed pseudo-intellectuals in the midst of the melancholy of a fading relationship: "We speak of things that matter / Words that must be said /Can analysis be worthwhile? / Is the theater really dead?"