Corby

It was released soon after Toxic Town, another hit the 46-year-old wrote for the streamer, which was based on the true story of the Corby toxic waste case.

All of this should make for a compelling saga, but the fly in the ointment is that Corby is a narcissistic character less concerned with the enormity of his transgression than with how he can return everything to normal.

Throughout the novel, Corby says he is consumed by guilt and remorse, and those emotions are present, but feel performative.

In one such interaction, Emily attempts to reassure Corby that she’s keeping his memory alive while he serves out his term: “We look at pictures of you on my iPad and my phone, mention you in her bedtime prayers. And those drawings you’ve been sending her? We put them in her ‘Daddy folder.’

Corby’s response: “Well, lucky you, Emily. You can use Scotch tape. It’s contraband here.”