After hearing a raving review on NPR and then reading the platitudes on Amazon.Com, this book was one of this year's biggest disappointments. Mr. Auster knows how to write, there's no doubt about that but his story tends to lag in places. When Mr. Bones was having dreams, why ever in the world did he have to totally rewrite, almost verbatium, the un-dream again? Being an animal lover, I was deeply disturbed with the ending. This book was definitely not my cup of tea. I would not recommend it to my reading group.