This book was a disappointment. The author seems to have pared down every line in some sort of quest for trendy minimalism. The content and interest in the scenes and dialogs are gone with this paring however. Kotler can evoke a locale at times with real style and grace, but too often you're left wanting a little bit more. All the characters act and sound as if they were at some prototypical silicon-valley milk bar, in their retro-hip fashions, hoping like hell to fit in with the coolist people there.Padre Isoceles's religious experience is the only truly hilarious scene for me in this book. A flash of brillance not equaled in the rest of the book.