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the book begins with text that looks like someones hand printing

and the words describe someone crying at night before revealing that the writer is in jail why would the author open the book in such a unusal way

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The book begins as a diary.... a recording of Steve's experiences and thoughts, which it seems he intends to use as a screenplay. The novel's opening draws the reader in, making us all the more interested in the narrator, and increasingly curious about the setting.

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