A little slow through the first half, but picks up pace in later sections. Great story and perspective. Fun to see little flashes of NYC from the 70s and 80s. Also interesting as a historical fiction involving the CIA and America's Cold War and "counter insurgency" tactics (trying to squash any developments of big bad communism - I enjoyed reading [b:The Imagineers of War|30780220|The Imagineers of War The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World|Sharon Weinberger|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1476317653l/30780220.SX50.jpg|51368531] alongside this book).