My review of the surprisingly good (for being in many ways so unsurprising in its twists and mysteries) The Lesson is at Slant: Every moment in The Lesson’s early going seemingly exists to illustrate pulp novelist Jim Thompson’s famous saying: “There is only one plot—things are not what they seem.” We see eminent novelist J.M. Sinclair …
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Published on July 05, 2023 05:00