Interpersonal scripted violence inside the construct: Mikey D enforces the novel’s brutal beats (threat to Rita / bellboy) and the away team’s impotence in preventing it — personal courage & vulnerability vs. narrative brutality.

Interpersonal scripted violence inside the construct: Mikey D enforces the novel’s brutal beats (threat to Rita / bellboy) and the away team’s impotence in preventing it — personal courage & vulnerability vs. narrative brutality.