I did not enjoy this book at all! It was VERY slow moving and full of rather obscure references which did little to add to my enjoyment in the text. And while I'm sure it's no fault of the translator, it just didn't strike me as being all that well-written. It was boring and had a rather lame "futuristic" plot that didn't make too much sense, or seem properly executed. I really wouldn't read anything else by him or recommend this to anyone.