Campus novel

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they can only do so much compared to what a campus novel can do, David.

Well, there's one other thing that a novel can do much more easily than you can in the real world, particularly when you're dealing with powder keg issues, is, uh, is humor.

Um-

It's perfect.

This novel for almost the first third of it is a really sharply drawn campus novel.

We meet Cleo, we meet her roommate Vi, we meet her nemesis Marcy, who is the girlfriend to John Ash.

Tell us a little bit about Vi and Marcy and how having them as foils helps us better understand Cleo.