Yellow is cast in a dual role: escape as cowardice or liberation? The narrator, a playwright, guides readers through the inherent madness of choice and obligation. Christian Kurtz’s days are as stable as he is steadfast when he meets Reese Chevalier who radically opposes his every aspect of being. Dense, polarizing, 89/98 beckons acknowledgement of decisions made that compose one’s sense of life. A modern choose your own adventure, the prose is consistently alienating and life affirming, and the vicissitudes, numerous.