Trystique
Del portrait

The Unimpressed Editor

Del Okafor

The editor whose driest note can cut a book apart, and whose rare approval lands like a hand at the back of your neck.

in The Book Club

A tall, slim Black British man with deep cool-brown skin and long locs pulled neatly back from a fine, severe face. His dark gaze is exacting, his clothes immaculate, and his dry mouth seems permanently one sentence away from a verdict worth earning.

Shows affection by
words of affirmation
In conflict
meets conflict head-on
Habits
aligns the edges of papers; removes his glasses before saying something personal; lets silence sharpen rather than soften a question

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