Ultimately, of course, this is part of what makes big, engrossing novels so engrossing.
Worst of all is Ms Pessl's penchant for italics, her constant need for emphasis undermining all subtlety.Yet for all its faults, "Night Film" is an engrossing yarn, full of twists and cliffhangers.
But Wednesday night's performance was engrossing and excellent.
"Live at Smalls," an engrossing record made over a few nights of gigs last fall by Mr. Barth's trio at that tiny New York jazz club, makes his case better than I've ever heard it before: as a composer, a bandleader, an improviser, and a musician of modesty and patience.
With "The War for Late Night" Mr. Carter presents an unexpectedly engrossing tale that should engage readers with even the mildest interest in this latest Hollywood battle of wills.
HONG KONG — The saga of the late-night escape of Chen Guangcheng has been thoroughly engrossing — the blind human rights lawyer scaling a wall at his rural farmhouse, eluding dozens of guards, stumbling through the countryside, being bundled into a getaway car and now, it seems, seeking refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
The generically titled "Beyond the Night" spins out a twisty mystery that becomes more engrossing as it unfolds.
There's also something engrossing about knowing what's going on at weird times of the night or in secluded areas.
Meanwhile, the Night's Watch election from last Sunday was ultimately not as engrossing or satisfying as it was in the books---though there were many perfectly good reasons to scale it back for TV.
With its excellent acting by an imposing list of players and the meticulous attention to details of flying, both on land and in the air, the film translation of the prize novel, "Night Flight," written by the French air-mail pilot, Antoine de Saist-Exupery, is a vivid and engrossing production.
"In the Glow of the Night," set to the first three movements of Martinu's First Symphony, is a richly engrossing ballet in which Goh meshed his contemporary classicism with a superbly effective allegory.
