Thinner Macmillan Engleby can be read as

Engleby can be read as a lament for a generation and the country it failed

A curiosity cabinet of romantic treasure

he starts to think maybe he was right

Troy enjoys the festivities - until one of the pageant's players mysteriously disappears into the snowy night

and funny and sensuous

Thinner Macmillan Engleby can be read as'Thinner' the old gypsy man barely whispers the word. Billy feels the touch of a withered hand on his cheek. Billy Halleck, prosperous if overweight citizen, happily married, shuddered then turned angrily away. The old woman's death had been none of his fault. The courts had cleared him. She'd just stumbled in front of his car. Now he simply wanted to forget the whole messy business. Later, when the scales told him he was losing weight, it was what