My book club read this book a couple of months ago. I'd dug it out of the book sale pile at work, a holdover from an old zoo book club. It's bizarre, but not necessarily in a good way. A neat enough idea, I suppose, but the execution left a lot to be desired. Not a big fan of Self's writing at all, there wasn't a plot to speak of, and I disliked most of the characters. Factor in a completely anti-climactic ending with a large build-up, and it was an overall disappointment.