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Fade is an interesting novel, and can be quite confusing at times. The book starts off with the main character, Paul Moreaux living in his hometown "Frenchtown" he always called it, in Massachusetts. The book takes place somewhere in the 1920's. Paul lives a normal but poor life, when he finds out that he has the ability to "fade", which is the ability to disappear or become invisible. The ability is passed on from an uncle in the family to a nephew, and Paul's uncle Abelard teaches it to him. Once he starts to use this new ability, bad things start to happen. He catches people doing bad stuff and does bad things himself, and he tries to cope with it. He vows never to use the fade again when his brother Bernard dies partially because of him. Unexpectantly I find that the book is divided up into different sections, the next one called "Susan". This part takes place in the future, when Paul is dead. Susan is a writer, and Paul was a famous writer when he lived, and Susan is inspired......

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