Sylvia

Sylvia Cook, 72, used to sell accounting software, then published books about Greece, before she retired.

Mitts’ personality is reminiscent of Sam Sylvia, Maron’s lovable grump of a director on Netflix’s wrestling dramedy “GLOW.”

Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo both stand accused of embezzling public funds, with Mrs Bongo specifically facing charges of forgery, money laundering and falsifying documents.

Bongo's wife and son, Sylvia and Noureddin, faced corruption charges and had been imprisoned in 2023.

Clark, whose brilliant biography of Sylvia Plath, “Red Comet,” was a Pulitzer finalist, uses her first novel to explore a highly literary and highly troubled relationship.