In/Out Dialogue in Ketchum's The Lost

I think, thus far, this book hangs on the power of the dialogue, and particularly the way the character's thoughts and feelings really spill into speech (and prose for that matter).

I'll just provide one example, from the middle of the book. Hopefully this won't spoil anything.

The story follows a bunch of people, but most closely the three central characters, Ray (the villain), Tim, and Jennifer, who know Ray killed two girls in the prologue. Ray and Jennifer, four years later, are living together.

He drained the bottle of beer and walked over to the sink. She was glad to have the distance between them when he got nasty like this. He stubbed out the joint and placed the roach carefully on the edge of the ash tray.

"What's wrong with the apartment, Jennifer? You don't like the color? You want me to paint it for you, maybe? ...

..."C'mon, Ray, I just want so see the movie, y'know?"

"Here's the movie, Jen. I'm the fucking movie. The movie's right here! You get it?"

Then suddenly he was moving

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