This is the fourth harkaway book I've read so I was prepared for some strangeness but this was on another level. It's significantly more sense than the others and alot more complicated. It will require a 2nd read to fully understand what happened, even in the acknowledgements Harkaway mentions the editors pointing out threads he had forgotten about. The writing is beautiful as always and the characters brilliant. For me it's a littlebit like a better version of cloud atlas, the story structure is similar but but with s more connective plot and a lot more trademark harkaway oddness. It's probably my least favourite of the 4 I've read but still great. There's a high chance this rating will go up as well on subsequent reading. He is definitely my current top author and I can't wait to pick up more of his work which I will soon exhaust.