including the toxic one who never appears.

Given what Garner shows us through others' observations, she and Clive definitely deserve one another.

And on that third book--oh boy. Still, I'm slightly more inclined to try it in the Age of Wikipedia than I would be otherwise. At any rate, I've got holds on the first and third books and am trying to track down a library with the second, so hopefully I'll be able to dig in within the next few weeks.