Gradually she became an integral character, the innocent who led the reader behind the scenes of Zuckerman's barn.
Combining a gift for narrative with meticulous scholarship, he led the reader back into history to relive the adventures of such figures as Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, and Sir Francis Drake.
"With his enchanting prose, Gabo, as he was known, led the reader through his imaginary Macondo [the fictional town in One Hundred Years of Solitude] as if he was showing a child a new world," she said.
One page, with a circuitous illustrated diagram that simultaneously led the reader through the story of an unanswered telephone and a family history, took a good 10 minutes to get through, but at the end came a denouement so logical and tidy that it left readers reeling.
I think it was the naïve tone they took as they led the reader down a garden path to a sucker punch of wisdom.
Drawing on literature from a variety of disciplines, Pound intentionally layered often confusing juxtapositions, yet led the reader to an intended conclusion, believing the "thoughtful man" would apply a sense of organization and uncover the underlying symbolism and structure.
