Looks that I'me getting positively ...'biased' towards CMcC, like was the case with Carey, Brink, Coetzee. I admire such imagination, this kind of story-telling, narrative flow. Admire all the language games - with all their roots in Ireland, Eastern Europe, or Middle East. Admire that magnetic - if not solar - power of English. Deeply respect and share (as much as I can) that human sensibility.
Outstanding book.