Point of View

This novel is told by a third-person narrator with a focus on Lacy, Jeri, and Bannick. Consider: “Lacy was amused and almost chuckled” (2) when she first talks to Jeri on the phone. Later "Jeri turned and the streets were narrower, the houses smaller, the lawns not as well manicured” (40) as Jeri takes Lacy on a tour of Pensacola. Also “Bannick checked it for the second day in a row and found nothing with his name on it” (171) as Bannick waits for a complaint against him with the BJC to become public. In each of these examples, a different character is the focus. However, the narrator stays separated from the action so that no character takes precedence over the others.

This style of narration works because the novel centers more on technique than individual characters. Jeri is important because she is the one who has done...