Dissolution: A Novel

by Nicholas Binge

When people depict loneliness, they tend to show the isolation, the claustrophobia of it—someone curled up in a dark room, stuck in bed, unable to move. But real loneliness is repetition: doing the same routines day in and day out with nothing new to reflect on or look forward to.

It doesn’t matter how well you play the game if the other player gets to set up the board.

“Have a little faith in your wife, dear. I can be resourceful when I need to be.”