Word: evon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fairly transparently, Turow's home turf of Cook County, Ill. For proper distancing, Robbie's outlandish tale is narrated with understated sympathy by his lawyer, a squeaky-clean member of the bar who is named after his distinguished ancestor, the colonial Virginian George Mason. Robbie's foil is Evon Miller, the latest iteration of one of page and screen's most popular new types: the female FBI agent...
...match made in Hollywood heaven. Robbie, the irrepressible con man, vs. Evon (her cover name), a repressed Mormon with an Olympic bronze medal. In what sport? Don't ask. Turow seeds his story with delayed disclosures and surprises, including an inspired variation on one of dramaturgy's soundest rules: if you show a dangerous implement in the first act, it must be used in the last...
Likewise, Robbie and Evon exchange barrages of zingers but are not a comedy team. When the maverick and the dutiful agent eventually come together, the banter deepens into a revealing meeting of minds. Evon discovers her true nature, and Robbie stows his masks and confesses that he is terrified of waking up and not knowing...