Fourth Wall

This why WJW is not a more widely popular writer. He is just so uneven. This third book in the series reverts to the detective story format of the first, but now projected on the luridly and scornfully depicted world of Hollywood. The book's "Big Idea" is underwhelming, and when it undergoes a revis......more

This third Dagmar Shaw is quite different from the first two; it's told from the viewpoint of Sean, an actor (and cottage-cheese wrestler, as well as a -very- unreliable narrator), who is starring in her latest production. It's more of a detective thriller (readers of the first two novels will remem......more

The "fourth wall" is a theatrical convention, the invisible barrier that, for most actors in most productions, keeps the audience separate from (and invisible to) the players. To "break the fourth wall," to step outside character and address an audience directly, is another theatrical convention, on......more