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Marc Roy's avatar

I’m always curious about how parents decide to give their children notorious names (not always explained by naming directly after the parent) -- some easy high profile examples, we have Richard Wagner and recently had Thomas Cromwell both sitting on our Supreme Court! The historic men have mixed and complex legacies and aren’t caricaturally horrible fictional characters, but I still can’t imagine the baggage of carrying one of those names.

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Greg MacCollum's avatar

I now feel like I have to go read this novel. Just the name of the town ‘Zenith’ makes it seem worthwhile.

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