Pointless and poorly edited. There’s so much that could have been jettisoned in order to make this into a better book. If you love 40s stereotypes about gangsters and dames, maybe this book is for you. If you loved “A Visit From the Goon Squad,” it probably isn’t. P.S. This review was written by my ghost, as I died after being whacked over the head so many times by this book as it shouted, “THE OCEAN IS A METAPHOR!!! GET IT?!?”