![]() ![]() Jack, the fourth and newest novel in the series, invokes characters who will be familiar to readers of Gilead (2004), Home (2008), and Lila (2014). Glory, enraged at Jack’s power to end games simply by disappearing, and mystified that he does so, storms up to him when he returns and shouts: “What right do you have to be so strange!” It’s a scalding exchange, not just because Glory is furious but because she has spoken aloud the question common to everyone in their hometown of Gilead, Iowa. ![]() ![]() But they would look for him, as if the game now were to find him at mischief. Then someone would say his name, the first to notice his absence, and the game would dissolve. When they were children he would slip away, leave the game of tag, leave the house, and not be missed because he was so quiet. ![]()
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