The Land of Laughs

I wasn't too drawn in by any of the characters including (particularly) the protagonist, but the prose and interesting plot kept me invested. I loved the amount of care that went into creating a fictional author and his body of work; the process of writing a biography was pretty fascinating to follow, too. This novel really reminded me of the Inkheart trilogy by Cornelia Funke, which I'm a big fan of, not only with its premise but also its ruminations on the nature of free will and existence.

Fanboy meets fangirl
he lets her do the grunt work
lord knows she can't cook.

My first Jonathan Carroll book. Won't be my last. Fun and odd.