... there almost always is a hidden truth and puzzle of corruption. This theme is hammered into the responder's mind, the city, Harry Lavender, Claudia Valentine, Steve Angell, Sally Villos, Mark's seemingly innocent heart attack which in reality was a cowardly murder. Everywhere you turn throughout the novel, beauty versus corruption is being portrayed and it all traces back to the city itself. Sydney ... "Its growth and mine are inexplicably linked", this is can also be seen to represent the people in the city that are part of his trail of corruption, as one person is rid off another is b...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate