well this was. A Lot. sassan tabatabai’s introduction/summary/analysis was crucial to my understanding and appreciation of this book, and without it i would’ve been left far too confused to feel impressed. the first part of the book was well written and the second part (which is most of the book, consisting of monologue-like passages within the book written by the narrator) was long and hard to follow; however, i think the point is that the narrator is disturbed and confused so how could he possibly have written something coherent?

this book was bizarre and disturbing. check content warnings before you read!