Fates and furies

A novel split in half telling the story of a marriage. The first half follows the husband Lotto's rise from a failed actor to an acclaimed playwright. What should have been an eye rolling story of a white guy from affluent parents who graduates from a posh college to pursue a career in acting was sustained by Groff's writing and the close third person narration that would often interject with brief asides. The second half picks up the thread of the story and colours the past from the wife's perspective. Truly the Furies half of the novel, the plot picks up and veers awfully close to over the top.