Doig writes, "It's funny about imagination, how it can add to your peril even while it momentarily comes to your rescue." How are Donal's "storying," and the adventures and mis-adventures he gets into throughout the novel, indicative of this?.How does Doig bring his cast of characters to life? Discuss the role that language plays in the novel. Doig was a master wordsmith known for his colorful descriptions, pitch-perfect ear for dialogue and larger-than-the-page characters.What role does memory play in the novel? So much of Last Bus is picaresque and even fantastical, from Herman's version of the wild, wild, West, to Donal's constant "storying," – is memory at all conflated with imagination? In what ways? The opening chapter of Last Bus begins with grown-up Donal reflecting on the cross-country adventures he had as a boy – the adventures he's about to relay to us.
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