I really liked this book. Well written with an interesting plot, it really made me care about the lonely little world of the main protagonist. The funny thing is that this being normal modern prose, and some of the main characters of the book continually bringing up the superiority of "higher" academically acclaimed literature, while reading it I kept feeling a tiny little urge to put it down and pick up something by Dostojevskij instead. Still, I recommend you read it if you get the chance.