“Gielgud is the second novel from the Portland author, publisher, and writing instructor. It’s the story of Don Geary, not quite middle aged but no longer young, intermittently employed, single father trying to make sense of a modern landscape that seems to have been painted over the top of the one he once understood. I found Geary relatable—so much so that I really wanted to talk to his creator to get a sense of his origins and where the author’s own insights might intersect with Geary’s.”