I had to go to sleep eventually, but the following day I finished reading the book. The book gets a bit more hard-nosed after that for a while but I read on compulsively. It was only a little over one page long but it was so beautifully written and conceived that I had to put the book down again and savour the writing some more. Refreshed, I picked up the book again and read Chapter 5. After reading the first four chapters I put the book down for a moment just to savour what I had read. One way I have described the book to friends is: William Faulkner goes to the Racetrack, sleeps on the hay in horses' stalls for a few months, wanders around and writes down what he finds. The NY Times, San Francisco Chronicle, etc., haven't had a chance to review the book yet, but I will be quite surprised if they don't give it rave reviews.
It was a late submission to the National Book Award Committee, so when they named it best fiction book of the year 2010 it caught most people by surprise. This is simply the best book I have read in years.
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