Ok, so I just put this book down after finishing it, then rereading the first chapter. I'm really not sure what I can say about it. I loved it even though it made me furious. The story was suspenseful, emotionally engaging (which is an understatement), and intellectually fascinating. Really, if there was ever a text to read post-financial crisis, this is the one. Not that this book is about living under capitalism directly, it just lends itself to that interpretation nicely.

I normally stay pretty cool to contemporary prize finalists (I don't know why... guess I feel like they need to stand the test of time. I don't like getting swept up in hysterical illusions) but I whole-heartily recommend this book. It's a pretty fast read (so fast you could miss a lot of its subtleties) and the characters have a way of inhabiting your inner world; though, having only just finished reading it, I can't say how long they'll stick around, only that it seems I'll be thinking about them for a while.