I Am the Cheese | Style
Separate Threads
The most challenging element of I Am the Cheese is its three-part structure. Three separate threads, or strands, run side by side through the novel, and there is no omniscient narrator or author’s note to explain the connections between them. First-time readers must be patient and allow the separate pieces to sort themselves out.
The book opens with an unnamed boy riding his bicycle toward his father in the hospital. Who is the boy? Why is his father in the hospital? There are no answers in this section, but there are two clues: the boy lives in...
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