I feel I might have given this a higher rating if I understood it better! It's definitely a book I will re-read, because I know I missed a lot, both in the structure and in the many literary references.

I enjoy books with interesting structures, and this definitely fitted the bill, with each chapter being completely different from the others. A fun touch was that each chapter began with the last words of the previous one. The translator did an amazing job in keeping the structure and the verbal tricks faithful to the original.

I did find the plot, such as it was, quite hard to keep track of, and the characters on the whole felt quite two-dimensional. Perhaps because of the structure, it felt more like a factual account than a fiction book.

Still a fascinating read and one I will return to.