John and Cassandra

<p>Author John Passfield contemplates writing a novel about the mythological figure Cassandra. Suddenly he finds himself in the presence of her tormentor Apollo the god who -- seemingly as a whim -- has brought a catastrophic curse down on the head of an innocent human. John sees Cassandra as a mythical creature whose helpless situation epitomizes all that is wrong on the planet Earth. What a chance to confront a representative of the gods ask him to explain such actions and demand an immediate end to all the agony in the world!</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Special Bonus</em></strong></p><p>This edition of <em>Fair Is Fair </em>includes a special bonus -- a 56-stanza poem by John the Character in which John reflects on his encounters with Apollo and Cassandra in verses at once humorous whimsical and sometimes angry.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>The Novels of John Passfield</em></strong></p><p>Together this novel and the accompanying journal and notebook comprise the thirty-first installment in an ongoing novel-writing project in which the author is exploring the concept of form and meaning in the novel and of the novel as a form of expression in the 21st century. All of the published journals and notebooks are available for free download from the author's website.</p><p><br></p>