"The Great God Pan" is "about" recovered memory in the same way that "After the Revolution" and "4000 Miles" are "about" Communism: Its nominal subject is a pretext for the exploration ofthepersonalitiesof its characters.
But here as always, Ms. Herzog uses her well-tuned ear for dialogue to reveal thepersonalitiesof her characters, and it doesn't take long to figure out that for all their glib chitter-chatter, Abby and Zack (even their names are right) are pitifully unequal to the harsh challenges of adulthood.
He has an eye for detail which illuminates thepersonalities and political motivations ofthe changing cast ofcharacters involved in haggling over trade barriers.
As well as Lara was humanized and fleshed out, I feel that most ofthe other characters really only got enough to establish their base personalities and not much more than that.