I think this was another of Mike's recommendations.
Interesting mix of history, psychogeography and (Weird) fiction.
Reached the middle of the book today, and the story of the demolished toy car factory taking over the inhabitants of the new tenement block reminds me of Fritz Leiber. So far it's my favourite bit of the book.

Edit, 14 March, just after finishing it:
Nice bit towards the ending, with the narrator encountering some characters from the other stories (including the new tenants of the block on the haunted factory grounds).

Best bit though:
Naja smiles. The Phenomenon of Man. An old priest from hundreds of years ago who said that life was progressing towards a moment of perfect unity, when fragments would become the whole and everything - all people, even time itself - would one day converge on God. So sayeth the preacher man. Naja doesn't know. She has recurring dreams of water rising to swallow the world. The crows, with nowhere to land, grow weary and fall from the sky, one by one, until the air is empty and silent. What if we move towards God, thinks Naja, and it turns out that God does not want us? (260)

That, and at the ambiguous, but hopeful, flooded landscape at the end of that part, which reminded me of another story I like a lot.

(P.S. Ha. "The Princess of Wales beer garden".)

Passed on to feloris. Enjoy - and don't forget to bring a clew! ;)

Looking forward to this! Thank you! :)