THE WIZARD muse

Wolfe's THE WIZARD is becomming more endearing the further I go into it. I know of no other writer that makes such skillful use of dialog to tell his story. If Wolfe wants the reader to know something, he will contrive a situation that will have the characters talk about it. Wolfe scarcely employs naration of any kind. True, Sir Able will, on occasion, mention something to his brother Ben, the recipient of his letter, but even these are put across as casual remarks, and not through the voice of an impersonal narrator. Wolfe's conversational style is unobtrusive, yet unmistakable. I am enjoying this book very much. I have no idea where Wolfe is taking me.