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Originally Posted by issybird
It's obvious to me that I don't see Bendrix as being as rotten as others do. He was adrift, he was miserable - if Sarah didn't judge him but thought him full of love, I'm willing to take him on that basis. It doesn't mean that I defend his going to Savage, but I don't think his worst actions define him. He was fighting his own demons.
ETA: Does anyone have an idea what the name "Bendrix" could mean? I haven't come up with a satisfactory interpretation. I take Savage to mean someone entirely without a moral compass. Miles I read as the Latin word "soldier." Bendrix is odd enough that I think it's not random, but what?
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I thought giving the PI report to Henry was rotten, but I didn’t think Maurice was evil; I thought he was immature. He was miserable. His own needs and insecurities sabotaged his relationships with others.
We know very little about his life or why that was so. As you say, the glimpse Sarah offers is quite different. She says he threw himself under a wall to save someone else, etc. But it’s hard to get a rounded picture of him with most of the book written as self-talk. I don’t think I enjoy the format - in this case, it’s quite limiting.
Sorry, I’ve got nothing on the name “Bendrix”.