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I had a knee jerk reaction of irritation as the protagonist describes how he will be leaving his wife and 2 small children . He is selfish, self absorbed , foolish. But he knows this .It‘s a painful excavation of his inner life , as he describes the somewhat cliched reasons for leaving . Well written with moments of black comedy, pitch perfect descriptions , painful truths . A difficult book especially if you are middle aged and married .