This novel had a lot to say about the state of our media-saturated world right now. Scott Burroughs hitched a ride on an acquaintance’s private plan and ends up a hero when the plane crashes. How did it happen? Does it mean anything that Burroughs had rescued his painting career with a series of disaster paintings? Burroughs becomes something of a bystander in his own life as admirers and detractors impose their own meanings on his experience.