A very postmodern book, lots of stories dancing around each other. You never know whose story you are reading, the narrator changes, the timelines change, sometimes it's like a simple search for historical facts: who was Mr Vogel, that poor cripple who won a lot of money? Then again you think this is about the walking narrator - but is it? It rambles all over the globe - from Wales to Tasmania. And you never know what is true and what is not, what is reality, what is fancy.
All this sounds like a book I would never finish - but I did, without any hardship. It helps that I have got to know the places mentioned rather well; I do not know if I would have been as enchanted with this book if I did not know and love Wales. But since I do, it gets 4 stars from me. (Not 5: in the end, the rambling becomes a bit too much. ( )