This slim novel offers more than meets the eye as mythologies crash together in strange harmonies. The story is sweeping and otherworldly but narrowly filtered through the view of an octogenarian with an obsession for pescoterian ethnocentrism. Through careful storytelling new dimensions are layered together to hint at something more, but held just out of reach from our point of view. It is a poetic work that leaves you struggling to find solid ground. It's also an excellent introduction to Sjón.

Re-read at Xmas. Still a ton of fun.