Absolutely bizarre book in a good way - very JG Ballard but as a concrete novel. My theory is what we are actually reading is a man who is traumatized from WW2 desperately attempting to push it away and restart, hence why restarting is the omnipresent theme as the past keeps on resurfacing. I could have done without the sex scenes - I get their use as escapism, but given the time of writing, it’s hard to read even in context.