Some Danger Involved: Reading Group Guide Questions for
Discussion - To what does the title refer? Who is narrating?
Look at the language in the opening paragraphs. What does it
tell you about the narrator? What are some of the specifics
about the narrator's life up to his employment with Barker? Is
he a reliable narrator? Why? - How does Some Danger Involved
hook you as a reader? Share your response to the book's language
and pace and details, and its characters. When does the story
take place? Share some examples of how Will Thomas uses language
and other sign-posts -- such as people, items, customs -- to -
In Chapter 2, what does Llewelyn mean when he tells Barker he is
"playing Virgil to my Dante"? Does this foreshadow anything? If
so, what? Recount what happens to Llewelyn in Chapter 2. What do
we learn about Barker? What does Barker see in Llewelyn? -
Looking at Chapter 3, read the titles of some of the books
Barker lends Llewelyn. Why these titles in particular? What do
these have to do with their work