This was one of the weirdest books I've encountered. I didn't really read it; after a while I just skimmed, picking up most of the important scenes, I think. I don't really recommend this book, and I fail to see why the back cover blurbs are all about "brilliant". I think the presentation would have been better in a much shorter work; a lot of the things said by the different characters and the bits of plot presented as newspaper clippings seem like wastes of good paper. Also, I might have read the whole thing if it were shorter. Come to think of it, I DID read a shorter work! :-)