George Aranda

It's a very communal kind of atmosphere.

There's lots of shops are open.

People are having a good time.

And ultimately, there's a stage, which is the centerpiece of this kind of area where they're gathering.

And they're bringing this person who they've caught and they're bringing him on stage.

And there are people around and they've got chests of drawers on their backs and other kind of

kind of like penalties or atonements that they're making for something that they've done.

And they bring the gentleman they've captured, Jeff Sharp, onto the stage and they make some sort of pronouncement about him.

that's right and they go on james is giving his pronouncement really indicating all the unhappiness that's focused on this character that they've captured and in the end that he ends up breaking his leg for what he's done and obviously duncan's really appalled by this whole situation but at the same time duncan's brought a gun into the town which kind of really gives us an indication of where he's come from

And that's really interesting because James, as kind of the lawman in the town, recognizes that the wall is good in terms of people can write their grievances and things that they're unhappy about.

And it's only after a certain amount of time that then they have to start to do some addressing of what this person has done or why they're making people unhappy.

And even James realizes that when things are written on the wall potentially about him, that he could be in trouble.

So while he's aware of the danger of it, he's also willing to abide by the rules.

of the wall and understands or has an idea of how it's good for the town.

Yeah, I'd say that it's very much a reflection on people saying whatever they want.

But in this case, there are direct consequences of those words, but people are still anonymous, just like they are on Twitter and on the internet as well.

I thought the writing was really lovely.

It was very atmospheric.

The greens, the mud, the smells, the bog, all these kinds of things are really beautifully written, even to the point of one of my favorite parts of the book is this dead tooth that Duncan Peck has, and he writes quite well about it.

So the writing is very evocative in that kind of way, and he doesn't really spare much room.