![]() ![]() This case leads to Ethan meeting fiery librarian Linh Tran, whom he falls for. ![]() His nostalgia makes Ethan almost feel sorry for one mark he tracks down, who faked his suicide only to Xerox his old life, trying to find “some lost moment where it all felt right, and just wrap it around. But even back then Ethan, coping with the death of his estranged father, was withdrawing into the past, indulging in 16mm episodes of old TV shows in his cinema/headquarters. Friend of the Devil is still set in the mid-80s, but Ethan’s narration makes it clear he’s looking back from the present, distanced and hardened by his memory. ![]() The digital device feels so jarring in this analogue world, where Ethan scrolls through periodical on a microfiche reader and lives off-the-grid as an unlicensed helper paid in cash (or “a private eye who doesn’t pay taxes”). The most surprising thing in Friend of the Devil – the brilliant new entry in Ed Brubaker, and Sean and Jacob Phillips’ Reckless series – is when Ethan Reckless mentions laptops. ![]()
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