I liked this book a lot. I mainly picked it up, after reading the jacket at the library, to see how the author could write a story involving all the disparate elements that seemed to be involved. He did it very well in terms of the story itself as well as the writing style. At one point it seemed as if it was heading, stylistically towards Gabriel García Márquez but it never maintained that direction, instead going it's own way. The ending was good and unexpected and the book reads very well and quickly.