well, I suppose this is clever enough in its own way, and it appears to be well-laudited by the pundits, but I found it a bit tiresome. It's absolutely chock full of those conversations that are never quite to the point, and same things that aren't necessary get said and others that are necessary don't... and the protagonist thinks hard, accurate thoughts but never seems to get around to doing anything much about them...
   A little bit of this goes a long way, as far as I'm concerned, so I found a complete novel full of oblique references and half-meanings a bit hard to swallow.
   A matter of taste? Perhaps. Let me know if you read this and found it marvellous, and maybe I'll concede that point...