“Don’t you want to know how you come off in it? Don’t you want to see how she depicts you?” Karen asked. “It’s not me. It’s fiction.” “My turn to call bullshit. That whole thing about fiction not being the truth is a lie.” “So I’m guessing you read it.” It made no difference to this conversation that Karen had read only half. The point was that disciplined Karen had failed to resist, while impulsive David had succeeded.