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the novel is about an elderly man and his scheming son who is impatient to inherit the family fortune
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After taking scheming actions, the model sometimes doubles down on its deception when asked follow-up questions.
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Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
What initially seems to be a satire about corporate downsizing evolves into a kind of scheming caper romp, before downshifting into something that feels more horror-comedy structured.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
That would be Mark Rylance as Henry’s lord privy seal, Thomas Cromwell, an endlessly fascinating and ambiguous figure—brilliant, scheming, moral—whom Rylance animates with gravity and kaleidoscopic skill.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
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Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
What initially seems to be a satire about corporate downsizing evolves into a kind of scheming caper romp, before downshifting into something that feels more horror-comedy structured.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
That would be Mark Rylance as Henry’s lord privy seal, Thomas Cromwell, an endlessly fascinating and ambiguous figure—brilliant, scheming, moral—whom Rylance animates with gravity and kaleidoscopic skill.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Scheming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scheming. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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