Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect

Aside from the Prologue and Epilogue, each of the sections has its own title. What do the layers of meaning in these titles add to readers’ understanding of the book’s meaning? Explain, using textual evidence.

Several techniques are used to increase the text’s appearance of verisimilitude. How do these choices influence readers’ understanding of the book’s purpose as metafiction? Use textual evidence to explain.

One of the book’s thematic concerns is The Foibles of Literary Culture and Authorial Ego. Where would you rank Ernie’s ego among those of the other authors at the beginning of the novel, and how does it change throughout the course of the novel? Highlight his transformation through textual evidence.