Along very different lines the novel partakes, if only ironically, in the popular genre of "butler liteterature," especially popularized by the series of novels about Jeeves the butler, by P. G. Wodehouse.
Finally, the novel's style of narration is reminiscent of the tradition in narrative poetry of the dramatic monologue. That is, the speaking narrating voice in the novel is not only in the first person, but addresses an implied narratee whose "active absence" structures a motivating tension that requires self-explanation and examination, moving the speaking character to some moment of revelation or self-discovery.
