I adore this one <3 and yeah, I think self-awareness and selfishness is suuuuch a huge aspect here. I hadn't thought about it in these terms before but I think self-awareness (and using it to get past unconscious selfishness) is a bigger theme than I'd realised in DWJ - Nick from Deep Secret, and Christopher ofc, would have some stuff to talk about with Howard!

I loved Quentin but I haven't read AG since I was a kid, lol, I feel like I'd probably agree reading it now!